In the essay, ?Women Warriors?, excerpted from, The Women and War Reader, Francine D?Amico writes about women in the military and the unlike views of feminists groups. I unbendablely disagree with the author and the idea that she states. passim the excerpt she certainly describes her idea of women being unequal to men, mannish conforming ideas addressed to women, and the combat exclusion at that time. These feelings are, without a doubt, influenced by that specific time period (1998), but I feel that they are still extremely sexist, misinformed, and anti-military.
The first soil for her conforming women ideas are that she sees that patriarchal influence to be strong and forced on the young-bearing(prenominal) sexuality in the military. She shows have got for this when she states, ?Military service constitutes a quintessentially manful activity, a verification of masculinity, a proof of manhood.? The author also writes, ?The military environs celebrates and privileges maleness. For male recruits, it also includes a process of masculinization where female and feminine are defined as ?other? and ?unworthy.?? She set ahead goes on to bash the policies and standards that the military have for the training and line of work specialties dealing with gender.
My previous and current military experiences as a Military Policeman do not support male conforming beliefs.
I must state that generally discourse the military is male dominated, but it has many occupations that are non-biased in gender. Military Police Corps is one job that is not gender biased. The training and special sections that are included in the Military Police Corps are not gender discriminate. For example, one of our main missions is road patrols, whichPuckett 2involve male and female individuals to take a weapon and other non-lethal means of force. This fact denies the choose that Francine D?Amico made, ?Even in militaries where women...
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