SAS: Who Dares Wins Finale Shows Women Are As 'Capable' As Men

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Four women competed in the final episode of SAS: Who Dares Wins for the first time in the programme's history.

It comes after the Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced all roles in the Armed Forces, including the special forces, are open to women.

A ban on women serving in close combat units in the British military was lifted by the then Prime Minister David Cameron back in 2016.

The RAF was the first of the three services to open up all roles to women giving them permission to join the RAF Regiment, the air force’s ground fighting force for protecting air bases.

Hannah, a 26-year-old farmer, is one of the women who made it to the final.

She competed alongside three other women and four men in the series finale, taking on a number of tasks and interrogations.

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Hannah said the final sent a long overdue message to the public: 

"I think it will send a really positive one that should have been highlighted ages ago, that there are women out there who are physically and mentally as capable as the strong men that are out there.

"Not all (women), but there are some and I think it's going to be a really positive message."

Forces TV held a debate on women being able to join all roles in the military.  

The final episode saw the remaining recruits abducted on an early morning run and forced to undergo 18 hours of psychologically demanding interrogation in sub-zero temperatures.

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Finalist Vicki, a fitness instructor, said: "We are really keen to not make it all about gender.

"I actually think we perpetuate the problem by talking about it all the time.

"Look at us as individuals, as human beings, and judge and critique and encourage us on that level.

"But the more we discuss this disparity between men and women the more that inequality is there because we let it be."