# Should women be given special treatment in order to become Rangers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 23, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-be-given-special-treatment-in-order-to-become-rangers/780537 "2017-02-23T10:51:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-be-given-special-treatment-in-order-to-become-rangers/780537/282 "2017-03-28T01:06:55Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > This site [Ranger School Stats](http://www.benning.army.mil/infantry/ARTB/) says that the graduation rate from 2011-2015 was only 40.5%. > **[Ranger School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_School#Graduation_rates)** > > The Ranger School is a 62-day United States Army small unit tactics and leadership course that develops functional skills directly related to units whose mission is to engage the enemy in close combat and direct fire battles. Ranger training was established in September 1950 at Fort Benning, Georgia (now called Fort Moore). The Ranger course has changed little since its inception. Until recently\[when?\], it was an eight-week course divided into three phases. The course is now 61 days in dura Th... I should have said failure rate. Half to two thirds fail. Thanks for the correction. I guess my point is that the pass rate is high enough that it is easy to imagine that there would be at least some women that would meet the criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2017, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-be-given-special-treatment-in-order-to-become-rangers/780537/283 "2017-03-28T10:55:31Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Since Left Hand of Dorkness decided to run away from the obvious next question: how does that “might” square up with the fact that ISIS is at war with armies full of Muslims? For future reference: “decided to run away” and “got bored with you and the weak-ass arguments you kept raising” are not synonyms :). ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-women-be-given-special-treatment-in-order-to-become-rangers/780537/284 "2017-04-01T04:11:52Z")
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