Women are not fit for Defense Services

Hi friends,

After reading the discussion thread, I can see the following main points.

1. Women should be provided equal rights.

I agree but Constitutionally and manipulatively they possess more than that today.

2. Women are physically weak.

Not true, women are naturally stronger in weight lifting capacity. That's another story that majority is not interested in physical fitness.

3. Mental sharpness.

They are at par if not lower, can be seen in day to day life.

4. Quality of Armed Forces might get lowered.

Only if Skill measurement criteria are relaxed like it is now in case of Reservation Quotas, Or in non defense fields where being a girl has an advantage of extra points in competitive examinations.

5. Men might get pushed to war fields with women using their gender in getting office postings away from war zones.

This is indeed one big possibility, like Quota units and personnel with links to high posts, although Army personnel can shed better light on this. In Civilian Industries, it is pretty visible how easy it is for a female (exceptions are always there).

Trends of neglect towards males is becoming more evident with all the perks being diverted for fairer gender, may it be scholarships or jobs. Yes, jealousy towards females is also rising because of their rise out of ditches but it is also true that males get much more manipulated by females in work places or any Co-ed institution.

A coin has two sides, generalizing an individual incident is not rational but so is the case with neglecting general incidents occurring all around. Male fraternity is not mature enough to see through the deceit played by opposite gender because of the long absence of females from open playing turfs and that coupled with jealousy creates a hostile environment.

This topic needs lot of brainstorming before giving any opinion. There is no doubt that women are capable of doing anything they want and they have been proving that since ages but that is not sufficient. I'm sure if women are sent to border to defend nation they will give their life to defend them But I don't think that is place they belong.

I think everyone has a part to play and that depends on us how smart we are in selecting our choices. When it comes to defence services, soldiers and big army is not enough to win the war, you need resources and information. I say women could be brains and men can be muscles.

Had the topic been changed to "Are women needed for defence forces?" it would be much better. I totally agree that women are fit for defence forces. Though the proportion may vary when compared to men. If in men 6 out of 10 qualifies, in women it may be 2 or 3 out of 10. But my question is that 'Are they really needed?'.

What if she is required to leave her home/family for 5 or 10 years to perform her duty? Think of the plight her family members faces. What if she is a mother of two kids? There is no substitute for mothers love/care. The best way for a woman to serve a nation would be by raising her children with moral standards. One step further she can motivate her son to join the defence force.

Women in army as soldiers is not a new idea. Since time immemorial tough scarce thee have been female warriors. With liberation in prevailing gender roles, archaeologist are uncovering more and more evidence of women warriors.

Society does restrict women as has been stated clearly and argued correctly in previous discussions. There is absolutely no doubt about the fact that women can accomplish themselves in non combative departments and there are many of them in defence services. Its the combative department where women are not recruited. And mind it, that its not in vain.

Women are not physically as strenuous as men, its basic biology and combative are where physical strength and capabilities are as important as mental and emotional strength and that's where women lack behind.

The social environment further amplify this problem. You can take any street sport in any colony of our country less than 5 percent girls participate in sports making them weaker (physically that is). However that doesn't mean women can't be recruited for combative, I being a taekwondo player myself can say thus that with training, which has to be harder than that of men.

More than that there is a need for little princess of homes to come out on street and play hard. Its hard but not impossible.

Well, according to me, women are fit for Defense Services. It's just a matter of our belief. In the past, women were considered unfit for doing any job except house chores but when she stepped out of the four walls, she did face oppositions but she did wonders, managing her profession and her house chores. Without trying we can't say that she is unfit for the Defence Services. And then every time the society posed a question on her capability she's zipped up everyone's mouths. And talking of her physical weakness, well the armed forces make you physically strong during their training years. And yes history has shown us that women are stronger than we expect.

Thank you.

It is totally wrong. You can see that in today's world women are ahead of men in every respect like sports, education, space then why women are not considered fit for defense services? I have seen that in defence several posts are only meant for men, why not for women ?also there should be 50 %reservation in defense services for women then you see women are fit or unfit for defence.

Hey guys.

I think women are totally fit for defence services. There are thousands of women who are already part of defence services. Also, in most of the jobs nowadays women and men burn their nights oil so it will be sexist if we think women are not fit for defence.

I am not agreed with this statement that women are not fit for Defense services, today women are not treated as weak personality. For example if Kiran Bedi leads and take strictly actions actively and with discipline then any women can do any job. If someone has a courage to do something then no one can stop her.

Hi,

Women always depend on man, so they are weak. Now a day man &women are same in world. They can do defense service.

I agree with the concept of girls enrolment in army but practical concept is something different, actually nowadays, most of the girls enrolled in the forces are creating problems in commands, sometimes they create an unnecessary burden to their commanders of low level, even, it also observed that sometimes most of them as and when it is possible they fraudulently blame / threatens the low-level commands that she will complain to high command and as per our psychology we always believe a girl especially when there is a flow of tears, another thing is that no single girl can be assigned a field duty there should be at least two girls for a single man task. If she is so strong, why and from whom we are protecting her by sending two instead of single. So in the above discussion, so many people quoted examples of maharani Laxmi bai and other brave / ladies, all are felloceous. However, we have to give an opportunity to the girls to serve the nation. Don't waste the time on this malloceous disscussion.