To day this day it stands true that there are no women in the Navy SEALs. This has been debated by many “equal rights” groups who claim that this is a sexist law. However, there has never been a woman who could pass the strenuous physical aspects of Navy SEAL training. In fact, there has never been a woman who has qualified to even be considered to enter BUD/S Training.
Though this is true of the United States Navy, it’s not true where film is concerned. Specifically for the 1997 Ridley Scott film G.I. Jane, wherein, Demi Moore plays a woman who is training to become the very first female Navy SEAL. The film portrays Demi Moore’s character as a very driven women who wants to make a bold statement that “women can do everything that a man can do”. This film was considered by many associated with the Navy SEALs to be very controversial.
Regardless of whether you support female Navy SEALs or not, the film G.I. Jane is an intriguing action/drama that comes off more like a political statement in the end. Even G.I. Jane herself begins to question her motives and whether or not she could successfully carry out missions just as well as the other physically fit men around her.
For now, female Navy SEALs are just a work of Hollywood magic and it is believed that in the near future there will be no female Navy SEALs. However, many are hopeful that this could change in the many years to come.
October 2nd, 2009 - 8:29 pm
If women want to become SEALs, I say let them, but they’re not getting any special treatment. They bunk with the guys, train with the guys, eat with the guys, and shower with the guys if they want to fight alongside the guys.
The enemy doesn’t give handicaps because you’re a woman. If you want to be a SEAL, you are a SEAL, not a male SEAL, not a female SEAL, and you will be expected to act like a SEAL.
There’s no silver medal in a life-or-death fight – only the winner and the corpse.
October 2nd, 2009 - 11:51 pm
Never gonna happen. This isn’t some politically correct cookie cutter organization we’re talking about. This is the Navy SEAL’s. And there is no place in the Navy SEAL’s for people (in this case, women) who can’t actually perform the job, because including them would not only endanger their lives, but the lives of the other members of the SEAL team, and possibly more beyond, depending on what the repercussions of the mission failure are.
That there are people pushing for this solely based on politics, with no regard whatsoever for the real world implications, is absolutely disgraceful. They should give a thought as to the lives they’d be putting in peril, rather than the supposed “unfairness” of women being unable to serve in the SEAL’s. This is America, after all, where you’re supposed to achieve something because you EARN it, and not because some busybody somewhere believes we need to fill gender/racial/ethnic quotas.
October 8th, 2009 - 4:57 am
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October 22nd, 2009 - 7:55 pm
I say that if a woman can pass all the tests and show just as much promise as a man, yes let them in. But this all depends on if they can make it. No special treatment, and if they’re incompitent they can’t join.
October 26th, 2009 - 10:37 am
“However, there has never been a woman who could pass the strenuous physical aspects of Navy SEAL training. In fact, there has never been a woman who has qualified to even be considered to enter BUD/S Training.”
How could this statement even be true if women aren’t allowed to try? It’s not like the Navy could let them.
There are women out there who can – and have – passed the qual test.
In the BUD/S prep school in Annapolis, there are female instructors who pt the BUD/S students every day who can pass the BUD/S prep test with their eyes closed.
There are also female Olympians who have been invited to the Nval Special Warfare Center who have put many men to shame with their times.
Women at the SEAL Fitness Challenge have also passed with excellent times. You shouldn’t want to take away from any of their accomplishments.
Please don’t make it sound like the training is so hard, only a man could ever do it. The training is meant to be tough, that’s why there are so few SEALs. But it’s tough – not impossible.
Yes it is true women cannot be SEAL/S. What is NOT true is the reason they can’t is becuase they aren’t capable.
November 9th, 2009 - 10:34 pm
if a woman can pass the test then let her in. there have been arguments that if women were allowed to join the navy seals that it would slow down the program. this includes hygen issues, sexual tension.. etc. also men are afraid that if women where excepted in the program that men will take risks saving a woman then a man. hygen issues; women still wish for seperate showers and latrines. i believe that if women wish to be in the program they have to act like a seal… so pretty much become a guy and suck it up. sexual tension, there have been arguments that if women were in the program that it would cause sexual tension between the men and the women. but i’m sure that if they are well focused and motivated enough to complete the training then sex would be last on their minds. but yea, if women can pass the test,and have the physically and mentally strenth then let them in.
November 10th, 2009 - 7:42 am
if a girl can pass the test then let her in. there have been arguments based on hygien issues and sexual tension. on hygien issues, women wish for seperate showers and toliets. but if you want to become a navy seal you have act like one! also there have been arguments based on sexual tension. im sure that the men and women who are motivated enough sex would be last thing on their minds.