The right to fight: women at war

摘要

Can women cope with combat? A storm of opinions was unleashed last week in response to the US military lifting its ban on women in combat roles. Many saw the move as a positive one. Others were concerned that differences in physical strength would put teams at risk, or that women may be too compassionate for close-quarter combat. "We need to take a more scientific approach" to answering these questions, says Mary Cummings at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the first female fighter pilots in the US navy.