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...doing," her training squadron commander, Capt. Tom Sobieck, told the New York Times. When given the same training and subjected to the same standards as men, women compete on an equal level. If women are subject to the same standards as men, as Shannon Faulkner was in her original Citadel application (when she was accepted without knowledge of her gender), then the admitting school's excellence will not be compromised...
...quality skills in women. Subjecting women to a lower form of military education results in lower quality skills and ultimately dooms them in a military career. If they are admitted, then they are a danger to themselves; if they are not, then they are never given equal opportunities. The Citadel cannot be allowed to maintain this cycle of inequality by not admitting women. Even though the school plans to set up programs at other women's colleges, it is still not a cohesive program like the Citadel...
...This is treating women as second-class citizens. This makes a mockery of the desires of women who want to pursue a military education," Valorie K. Vojdik, Faulker's lawyer, told the New York Times. Although allowing women into the Citadel and Navy doesn't seem a primary issue, the ban against them hurts them at all levels...
...astronauts are Navy jet pilots first. If you aren't given the same opportunities, you can't compete on the same level." If military colleges persist in keeping women out, then they will always claim that women are not qualified to serve in the military. If the Citadel ever opens its doors to women as the United States armed forces has, then they too might realize that their fears about women in the military are unfounded...
...Citadel should be able to learn from the United States Navy. After all, if women are qualified to become part of the elite fighter pilot corps in the Navy, then surely they are also qualified to receive training from a military college...