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Why do a lot or most feminists not take the idea that men going to war is an
example of female privilege?
The women here not only fight on the front lines but lead entire platoons into combat. They do a hell of a job.
That being said, I'm not in the US.
Evidently, the women in the US are built differently.
The women here not only fight on the front lines but lead entire platoons into combat. They do a hell of a job.
That being said, I'm not in the US.
Evidently, the women in the US are built differently.
Some feminists are very offended by the idea of 'female privilege'...but I wont' get into that.
Basically, this is a point I've raised which has raised the ire of women who self-identify as feminists:
In the past, and even now, it was mostly men who had to fight and go to war, and often die...
Now, I REALISE:
that no, NOT ONLY MEN are impacted by war. Women lose loved ones, are killed as civilians, and sometimes fight too. In some cases though, the women were safety away from the war-zone...
And yes, of course, the bleeding obvious elephant in the room...sure it was often the 'patriarchy' that sent men to war, BUT, and it's a very big BUT, it was usually a few powerful men and sometimes women (e.g. Queens) who sent them off to fight.
Yes, some men volunteered, but many didn't, but were forced to go anyway.
Yes women died in pregnancy: that sucked, but it's a separate issue.
Still doesn't change the fact that women generally did not have to go to war and fight in combat...and it IS a privilege. Some feminists can't STAND the idea that women aren't ALWAYS victims. And some people automatically attack any man, or even woman, who tries to point out inequalities which FAVOUR WOMEN, or disadvantage men, while pointing out the countless ways in which women have it or had it worse.
YES women had it/have it worse in some ways, but SO DO MEN! Why can't they just accept it? That's it not like women all have it WAY WORSE...
If we were so "privileged" than why were we denied the right of combat positions up until recently? Your argument makes little sense.
What do you do when your Mom isn't there to open your jar for you though?
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