Mexico Military Welcomes Women

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/28/mexico.soldiers.ap/index.html

Mexico is now doing something that they've never done: allowing women to be in the military. With their struggle to recruit men to the military, they decided to allow women to join. For the first time, Mexico is allowing women to train in elite military schools to become engineers, pilots and other careers that can rise to the rank of general. For the most part, the men in the military are handling this fairly well. As with anything new though, it takes time to get used to. I think this is great that women are being allowed more rights. The reasoning behind the equality is somewhat selfish, but none-the-less it is change, so it is good. No matter how the women gain more rights, it is important that they do. The women will be held up to the same standards as the men and will have to be in boot camp right along beside them. I think this is a great step for women to be able to enter the military if they choose to. This is definitely a huge step for mexico.