Forcing women to fight
Women won’t have equal rights, the argument goes, until they are just as likely as men to be forced to fight and die in war. That's the gist of a recent lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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Women won’t have equal rights, the argument goes, until they are just as likely as men to be forced to fight and die in war. That's the gist of a recent lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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