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Women in Combat: The Lengths to Which They Must Go to Maintain Femininity

WOMEN IN COMBAT

Lauren Ashburn on the challenges to femininity posed by the Pentagon’s decision to allow women in combat roles.

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Nine cans of hairspray. Check. Perfume, makeup, curling iron—check, check, and check.

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The list of toiletries may read like a typical woman’s packing list, but it’s also what’s needed to fight the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq if you are one of the 300,000 women who have served our country abroad....

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