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10 Nov 2009 08:08 am
A Failed Social Experiment
Will Saletan wants the ban on women in combat scrapped:
The question isn't whether men are physically stronger than women on
average. Of course they are. The question is whether to translate that
average into a rule against women in combat. The 2009 Navy policy, for
example, states that women must be barred from jobs whose "physical
requirements would necessarily exclude the vast majority of women
service members." Why should some women be excluded based on the
performance of others? Would you tolerate such an average-based rule
against any racial or religious group?
(Photo: Cadets in the graduating class of the United
States Military Academy at West Point participate in commencement
exercises on May 23, 2009 in West Point, New York. By Spencer Platt/Getty.)
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