Jordan O'Neil, a member of the U.S. navy, is selected as the guinea pig in a test that would determine if women will be fully integrated into all branches of the U.S. navy. ... Thus, gender norms are not reinforced in a way that subordinates one sex to the other, but confirms that both genders are equal in capacity, and the task of becoming a soldier is up to whoever can complete the training. ... The social constructions surrounding the traits we associate with different sexes are shown to be easily malleable and do not merit to be reinforced by reasoning of genetics, which is the prevai...

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