When comparing men's ability to women's ability, is there really a big difference? Many people
differences do take place, but how? Both men and women have hopes, dreams, strengths,
Even though these similarities exist, women are still sometimes thought to be lower than
have been many cases in which women felt they were being treated differently than the
did you ever think there would be the problem of inequality between men and women in
system? Both men and women have the right to serve in the military; but, many times women
and the problem of being unaccepted, possibly affecting women's ability to serve their
fully integrated in the mid-1970s (Moskos 107). Yet, twenty-some years later, women are
equality. In those past twenty years, there have been many courageous women who have been
into record-breaking positions so their male peers would accept them. Two of these women
and Shannon Workman. Faulkner was the first woman to become a cadet at the Citadel as she
gates on August 12, 1995. Faulkner entered the 152-year-old military school located in
or a first year cadet. Upon her arrival, the military made exceptions to certain rules for
male cadets could not go through her drawers looking for underwear that was not folded
bathroom with surveillance cameras was also constructed for Faulkner to prevent any foul
second of these two women was Shannon Workman. In 1994, she became the first woman to
pilot who was combat ready in the Navy (Schmitt 15). Although the military and the public
Faulkner and Workman, many women who work to reach their goals go unrecognized. Women have
the Marine Corps since 1943; but today (after over fifty years) women make up a mere five-
population. In the Navy, women were invited onto hospital ships in 1977. Today they too
the system with only ten- perce...