Most of us have had that weird crazy significant other at some point in our lifetime. And for those that haven't, the rest of us are very jealous of you. Well I was on the phone with Amanda, my rather extensively lying ex-girlfriend, a few days ago while I was doing my Japanese homework. She was carrying on and on about nothing in particular, and I added an occasional "Yep," or "I know right?" while I effortlessly blocked her out. Then she said something that caught my attention.
"So I'm thinking about joining the air force after I get out of high school this year."
I sat there, stymied. Now if you knew Amanda, you'd know that she's the typical private school Abercrombie and Fitch girl, not really basic training material. The conversation continued and, after a while of her rambling about her newly-developed-in-the-last-five-minutes aspiration, we began talking about women in the military.
After doing some general research, I verified that women and men are in fact separated during basic training as well as most other military training prior to deployment. Some argue that the demands on women during training are much more lenient than those on men. Others argue the exact opposite, saying that women are actually pushed much harder than men. I suppose the only real solution would be to merge the two groups during training. Of course they would bunk separately, but perhaps the only way to legitimately settle the argument would be to give both men and women the exact same experience.
What do you think?
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