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Women have been involved with the YDF as nurses and secretaries since the creation of the organization, but it was not until 1989 that women were allowed to serve in combat roles. As of 2025, women make up just under 4% of YDF personnel in frontline roles. Unlike men who have a [[Constitution of Yonderre|constitutional duty]] to defend [[Yonderre]], women are not conscripted into the YDF but may volunteer for duty. Women undergo the same basic training as men and must meet the same basic requirements for fitness and capabilities during training as their male counterparts, however, unlike men, women may drop out of basic training at any moment of their choosing. Relationships between female and male soldiers are not forbidden but strongly discouraged by the YDF and generally carry strong social stigma within the given units where it happens.

Women in combat roles was a topic of heated debate in late 1980s [[Yonderre]], with opponents claiming that women would make for bad soldiers and that it would distract and potentially endanger their male counterparts in combat if a female soldier needed aid. Others, particularly the [[Prokopites]], warned against allowing women to fight, stating that the woman's place was as ~~housemaker~~ and not as warrior. A persistent issue for the YDF is retention of female soldiers; in 2021, almost 80% of the women who completed their basic training left the YDF within a year.

Women in combat roles was a topic of heated debate in late 1980s [[Yonderre]], with opponents claiming that women would make for bad soldiers and that it would distract and potentially endanger their male counterparts in combat if a female soldier needed aid. Others, particularly the [[Prokopites]], warned against allowing women to fight, stating that the woman's place was as homemaker and not as warrior. A persistent issue for the YDF is retention of female soldiers; in 2021, almost 80% of the women who completed their basic training left the YDF within a year.

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 Women have been involved with the YDF as nurses and secretaries since the creation of the organization, but it was not until 1989 that women were allowed to serve in combat roles. As of 2025, women make up just under 4% of YDF personnel in frontline roles. Unlike men who have a [[Constitution of Yonderre|constitutional duty]] to defend [[Yonderre]], women are not conscripted into the YDF but may volunteer for duty. Women undergo the same basic training as men and must meet the same basic requirements for fitness and capabilities during training as their male counterparts, however, unlike men, women may drop out of basic training at any moment of their choosing. Relationships between female and male soldiers are not forbidden but strongly discouraged by the YDF and generally carry strong social stigma within the given units where it happens.
-Women in combat roles was a topic of heated debate in late 1980s [[Yonderre]], with opponents claiming that women would make for bad soldiers and that it would distract and potentially endanger their male counterparts in combat if a female soldier needed aid. Others, particularly the [[Prokopites]], warned against allowing women to fight, stating that the woman's place was as housemaker and not as warrior. A persistent issue for the YDF is retention of female soldiers; in 2021, almost 80% of the women who completed their basic training left the YDF within a year.
+Women in combat roles was a topic of heated debate in late 1980s [[Yonderre]], with opponents claiming that women would make for bad soldiers and that it would distract and potentially endanger their male counterparts in combat if a female soldier needed aid. Others, particularly the [[Prokopites]], warned against allowing women to fight, stating that the woman's place was as homemaker and not as warrior. A persistent issue for the YDF is retention of female soldiers; in 2021, almost 80% of the women who completed their basic training left the YDF within a year.
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Yonderian Defence Force: Difference between revisions

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