Women In The Vietnam War

Since joining the army also included a heavy amount of physical labor, it is believed that the women would become so active that they would stop menstruating. If that was not the case, soiled rags would have been easily tossed into the wounded soldier’s dirty laundry. Another factor that helped the women, was the number of young boys that enlisted in the war. Their higher pitched voices and smaller body frames allowed the women to blend in with the soldiers a little easier. The inability to grow facial hair was also attributed to youth, since there were so many younger men and boys serving. Also, since most men that served were not full-time soldiers, the women and men had to learn the life of a soldier at an equal pace. These factors