Honestly I think there's way more important things for our gender relationships in society. Instead of fine-tuning women's role in the military, I'd be happier if our government rewarded and incentivized femininity in other ways. Remember Obama's "Take time to be a father" PR junk? (As a divorced dad with the government preventing me from seeing my kids, and knowing many others in same situation, those seemed like painful sarcasm.) Stuff like that, but celebrating home cooking and motherhood instead of dropping off 2-year olds at government-run daycare. STEM is dandy, but eliminating home ec is not a good trade-off. Our government has been working against the strengths of our women for years, outside of the military.
I'm sure the military could do a better job, but in my view they're a lagging indicator of our society's dysfunctional gender roles, simply coping with the civilian population that we have. I think they've done a better job holding the line and keeping us sane than the civilian population. Apologies for the rant.
Honestly I think there's way more important things for our gender relationships in society. Instead of fine-tuning women's role in the military, I'd be happier if our government rewarded and incentivized femininity in other ways. Remember Obama's "Take time to be a father" PR junk? (As a divorced dad with the government preventing me from seeing my kids, and knowing many like new, those seemed like painful sarcasm.) Stuff like that, but celebrating home cooking and motherhood instead of dropping off 2-year olds at government-run daycare. STEM is dandy, but eliminating home ec is not a good trade-off. Our government has been working against the strengths of our women for years, outside of the military.
I'm sure the military could do a better job, but in my view they're a lagging indicator of our society's dysfunctional gender roles, simply coping with the civilian population that we have. I think they've done a better job holding the line and keeping us sane than the civilian population. Apologies for the rant.