Summary Of Women In Combat: Let's Get Real

In the article Women in Combat: Let’s get Real, written by Margaret Wente (2013), the main idea is that women cannot equal men in ground combat. The author uses a logos approach to defend her main idea statement which I believe is effective because she supports her arguments with a variety of facts from different sources. Margaret Wente (2013) argues that “the issue is that the physical differences between men and women are very large, and on the battle field, they really matter, and can’t be wished away” (Paragraph 3). In this argument the author is saying that the physical gap between men and women is too large to be overlooked. The author uses evidence from Stephanie Gutman which states “the average female soldier is about five inches shorter