Women felt they were treated equally prior to the war; however, that changed after US’ occupation in Iraq. Not only in the aspect of the work force but daily activities as well. Riverbend comments on how most women lost their jobs or risked their lives if they worked. Also, men carried guns, giving them a sense of power, and that they were dominant over women. Additionally, women could not leave the house after the war without being accompanied by a male.
Surely, gender is not the main factor to decide that who can do good job in military because women can be a good sodier in some duties. Besides, women should be allowed into combat because of the following reasons: women can do good at leadership position, increasing more jobs for women today and women can do some specific jobs that male can not complete. First of all, women can do good at leadership position. In the past decades, women did not allowed to join in high positions such as: CEO, boss, manager or they could not allowed to run for president because women are emotional. In addition, people thought that women are too sensitive when they face to problems so they often solve the problems by their heart than their mind.
Even famous Rosie the Riveter once said, “We Can Do It!” (Panchyk 57) Women played a huge role in World War II. One of the important roles was working in the military. They served in all three services, Army, Air Force and Navy. When the government was recruiting women into the Army, they made it sound glamorous. When the women joined the Army, they did not get glamorous jobs.
Introduction In the American civil war, thousands of women were involved as volunteer nurses in different military hospitals and the battle field. Although social taboos prohibited women from working outside their homes, women sought direct and convention involvement in the civil war. They focused on participating in the national struggle and pursuing career opportunities in the military rather than the traditionally confined domestic support roles. Women nurses experienced the detrimental and depressing constants of the civil war, such disease, as mutilated bodies, amputated limbs as well as death. In addition, they offered invaluable aid to the wounded and sick soldiers as well as medical authorities.
BACKGROUND PAPER ON SEX & GENDER: ROLES & RESPONSIBILITES 1. One of the 12 domains of culture is sex & gender and there has been a major change in American history over the past 98 years with women’s roles and responsibilities within the U.S. military force. Our women have come a long way from normal day-to-day life being mothers and keepers of the house to being mechanics and radar operators, taking the fight to America’s enemies. If you compare our history to other countries no one is even close to where our women are today. I'll start by going over from the beginning of World War I to modern day.
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Some countries, like India, say they allow women in their military, but there are very few of them and they aren’t allowed to do anything significant. They are also only allowed to serve for fourteen years, and they don’t get pensions or other benefits. The United States and the United Kingdom do allow women to serve, but both countries are very behind on giving women equal rights to men. The United Kingdom currently bas women from “all roles whose primary duty is to be close to and kill the enemy.” The United States bars women from serving on the front lines because of physical capability and tradition. Recently, women have been given the rights to fill certain roles, but none of them were on the ground and in combat until January of this year.
* Before the war, girls were expected to behave modestly and wear long dresses. When they went out, they had to be accompanied by an older woman or a married woman. * It was totally unacceptable for a woman to smoke in public. Women were employed in jobs that were traditionally associated with women eg servants, seamstresses, secretaries, nursing. * During the war, women started to be employed in different types of jobs eg factory work, replacing the men who had gone to fight in the war in Europe.
A victory party was held by suffragist societies at the Queen’s Hall in March 1918. However, there were women who still saw the act as a betrayal as it still classed them as second class citizens to men. The 1918 Representation of the People Act gave all men over the age of 21 the right to vote (and aged 19 if the men had been on active service in the armed forces). Therefore, politically women were still not the equal to men in Britain even after the 1918 act. Women achieved full equality regarding suffragein 1928.
In the latter part of the 20th century, women were making steps forward, being granted the right to both employment and education. Women were key participants in the economy, holding positions as: doctors, engineers, and teachers. “Before the Taliban's takeover, Afghan women were: 70% of school teachers, 50% of civilians in the government workforce, 60% of teachers at Kabul University, 50% of students at Kabul University, and 40% of doctors in Kabul” (Hanford, Cindy). It was during the Taliban’s five year rule that women’s rights to education were revoked. “On September 27, 1996, the Taliban, an extremist militia, seized control of the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, and violently plunged the occupied territories of Afghanistan into a brutal state of gender apartheid in which women and girls have been stripped of their basic human rights” (Taliban & Afghan Women: Background).