Nilufar Mohammad Professor brunkala English 302 11 January 2015 response one Part 1 Military Women in Combat: Why making it Official Matters.” McGregor was inspired to write this piece because many people are under the misconception that women and men are treated as equals and some may even argue that women have it easier than men. The purpose of this piece was to challenge those assumptions and make more people will be aware that women are not treated better than men nor are they treated From the article i learn that there are men and women working towards lifting the restrictions. McGregor informs us that “female soldiers began formally moving into jobs in previously all male battalions a result of rule changes following a February report that opened some 14,000 new positions to women
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.
For several years there has been much debate about the role of women in combat, with some calling for more diversity by allowing women into the combat arms field; and recently, the Pentagon unveiled plans to allow women to serve in military jobs closer to the
This would mean that women would be placed on the front line with men on the battle field. The problem with this is men and women have very different hygiene requirements amongst other things. When you are on the front line in combat you are required to pull your weight and also sometimes your buddy next to you. When you are in the combat arms world the behaviors and language is very different or even offensive. Although Women should serve in the military because they have so much to offer.
Should women be allowed into combat? The role of women is more defined in our society curently. Actually, women take part in many fields in this life that they did not allowed to get in before such as: voiting, running for presidence, join in the government staffs or army as well. Women in combat is one of the most hottest topics to day. There are some arguments that being combat is just only for male and women should be banned from military jobs.
Most magazines were ran and edited by men who decided what should be written and the advertisements used. The biggest issue they got into was that of war, and whether or not Americans should become associated with it. But this issue was quickly put aside when more significant things like how to wear your uniform or make your husband more successful came along. In an article from Ladies Home Journal titles "Women and War", the author courageously says "I believe that the whole question of war and peace is a women's question, and we can decide it as we will. If the thirty-seven million women of the United States should will not to go to war on a particular occasion, there should be no war."
But people have not stop to think about the hardships women go through, such as giving birth, C-sections, menstrual cycle, menopause, and all the symptoms that go along with it. Many guys that I know think what women go through is not that serious and that we women exaggerate about the pain. What they fail to realize is that, women are stronger than they seem and does not have the time to be complaining on something that cannot be changed. Men should bless women for keeping the human race going without complaint. Once they understand why women have it rougher than men they should start to appreciate all the hardships women goes through.
They now share equal responsibilities in homecare and rasing the family. Slowly the gender roles that were previously set are melting away. Since the dawn of the feminist movement women have been able to accomplish what many thought impossible. But in our modern era woman now face other challenges, such as negative sexual attention. When a man is referred to as a ‘slut” it doesn’t associate to the actual definition used by society.
A major problem with sexual harassment, however, is that victims don’t always report it for various reasons which we will discuss later in this review. Within the Canadian Forces, women have become integrated and work right along-side male counterparts. Women can hold any job that a man can as well as fight in combat areas. While they are allowed to work side-by-side, women often face harassment in the work zones and a lot of times, it is not reported and/or nothing is done about it. Military organizations in general are often viewed as a “man’s job” by many because of the stereotypic male characteristics of combat positions such as aggression, courage, and strength.
Women are under a constant pressure to adhere to roles that are specific to their gender and so are men. The woman by norm is relegated to the private domain and is allocated the affective role, while the man has full access to the public domain for he plays the role of the bread-winner. Devdutt Pattanaik, in his book, ‘The Pregnant King’, strives to show how gender plays an important part in defining roles and relationships, while at the same time also accounting for the interesting change in gender roles of men and women, which appears extremely contemporary and unthinkable at the time and context in which the story is set. Based at the time of the Mahabharata, Pattanaik’s ‘The Pregnant King’ brings forth a wide new range of ideas that are exceedingly modern in nature. These ideas question the societal norms that privilege the men and not the women, the norms that prevent both men and women from adopting occupations and indulging in activities that majorly interests them.