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A Polish Feminist Found in a Forest [133]
There are a total of 601 women in the Army Infantry for the US.
Wow, so few? Where the rest serves then?
They wont be leading the charge for the US Army at any point.
I've just read that the ban on women serving in front-line combat positions in the US military was lifted only in 2013. I've got to say that I'm surprised that it happened only so recently.
That said, I think women can make fine soldiers in support, especially technical roles.
Here's a short, but interesting Polish article about women in the army:
polska-zbrojna.pl/Mobile/ArticleShow/12836?fbclid=IwY2xjawEdfpNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZsdjJ8xEPR8ZHbAKYoVEF9kjVDjaXxQjhfWdZOvakx7FW8xiO931jazxQ_aem_b9oBKkuZg-FD90ngeg90fA
A big war seems to be a big "reality check" situation. During World War II at first the British command thought that it would be too "manly" for a woman to pull a trigger and take down an airplane (=kill someone), so they allowed women to be in charge only of control devices. But since fights intensified women had to start taking down airplanes too. The first kill by a woman happened in April 1942. In 1943 already 56 000 women served in British air defence forces (including Winston Churchill's daughter).
Another interesting fact - apparently commanders were more concerned about women being captured by the enemy (we all know why), then about them getting killed and that's why women were being given positions where there was zero risk of getting captured (even if the risk of getting killed was high).
Todays movement is nothing like its origins, and I think many of those originators would be displeased to see how the movement is today.
Well, firstly, of course it's different, because in the past women had to fight for
the most basic rights. Secondly, feminists aren't some kind of monolith. They have different views, different goals in different parts of the world, etc. As for originators being displeased - I think that would depend on what you have in mind.
