Why Should Women Join The Military

Women have always been great influencers in the society, as they are half the society, and by eliminating them will consider as a waste of great energies in society, so women should be treated equally with men in every aspect, especially in the armed forces and in the police. In this essay, I will talk about gender equality and the similarity of the psychical powers that men and women have, and the mental abilities that women have. Also, the fact that in any crises that the society face, it will need the whole society members to participate in helping each other to get through the crises and I will mention the Islamic aspect of women joining the military. Likewise, I will talk about the huge benefits women and children to the society and the
The military has been taking a lot of action towards gender equality. Women now are able to fly in a combat, serving on combat ships, serving on submarines, and take many different roles. The changes on the past 20 years will benefit the women to gain more combat experience. On different occasions, women showed their heroism in the combat zone which prove that they are able to participate physically and mentally, therefor, recruitment must be mandatory for both men and women with no discriminations to get background about the combat in wars and be able to help their country and society (Raphel, 2014). The Islamic view of women fighting in combats is that it doesn’t make women to be less important than men. Women participate in major roles in battles that the Prophet Mohammed was the leader such us treating the wounded warriors and also fight with the warriors. One of the example is Asma bint Yazid ibn Al-Sakan. She joined the Prophet on one of his combats and fought with the Muslims in their combat against the Romans. At the time, Asma was the leader of the women in the war. researchers say she killed nine Romans with her tent pole during this battle. Another example is Sayyida al Hurra. She was the princess of Chefchaouen, which lies on Morocco, and she fought its most well-known battles against the Spanish troops in the 15th century. She always focused on the ports and the warships, based on her knowledge of the importance of maritime power of Portugal and Spain. She succeed to frightened the heart of Spanish troops throughout the war with them and she managed to defeat them and banned them to enter northern Morocco (Azmy,