Law and Inequality, 1991,
             p. 6). Many people feel that this policy is discriminatory towards women and only
             perpetuates the view that they are not seen equally in the military. This policy ensures the
             effectiveness of the combat unit, which brings me to my next definition. The effectiveness
             of a combat unit is measured by its ability "...in mobilizing, and deploying troops,
             effectiveness in battle measured by outcomes, mission accomplishment or the ratio of
             United States versus enemy killed and wounded in combat" (Glenn, 1991, as cited by
             In this report, I will discuss five topics. First, I will discuss the experience other
             nations have had with mixing men and women in combat. My next topic will compare men
             and women in two ways. I will start my last topic by comparing men and women
             physically then comparing men and women psychologically. Then I will evaluate the health
             care needs of women in combat support units. Finally I will discuss the effect that women
             would have on unit cohesion. Undoubtedly, the majority of women are less muscular and
             lack the endurance of men. However, there is a small percentage of women that can equal
             or surpass some men currently serving in combat units. Also, I found very little research
             stating that women were not psychologically equal to men. There were three factors,
             which I used to compare men and women psychologically. I discussed how males are
             perceived to be more aggressive than females, the stress that males and females will face in
             combat, and female's effect on unit moral. Also I showed how important unit cohesion
             was in determining a units effectiveness. The health care needs can be met by combat
             support units when there are well trained physicians and nurses that can handle the needs
             of women (Military Medicine, 1995, p. 221).
             Only two countries besides the United States have used women in modern warfare.
             The first was Russia during WWII and la...