Originally posted by lazs2
I don't think it is a good idea to blur the sexes and their roles too much.
I think it is the women who do the blurring tho and then run back to their femininity when it all goes bad (don't hit me I'm a girl). t
They are the ones who want to cross dress and not be called crossdressers.. they are the ones who want to work with men but not be subject to rough men.
They are the ones who want to be tough but cry when the hormones kick in.
They don't mind getting extra rights but cry foul when they can't make it fair and square.
tiggress.. should all sports be co-ed? football games mix the men and women... boxing by weight only say?
Are men and women different other than some genitals? If they are different.. other than that.. can we say so? can we make rules based on that..
Or is it all fair game now? if one mouths off.. I can knock her block off.. hell... she might even be a combat vet right? she is "equal" right? or can I only do it when she is dressed like a man?
it is all so confusing.
lazs
Hi Lazs,
Male roles and female roles are social constructs.
A male who dresses his infant daughter for the day or prepares his daughter's meals is no less male than a prize fighter on the basis of the role he is performing. It does not make him a female.
I can fully envision George Foreman changing his daughter's diapers and rocking her to sleep.
Prior to the Civil War, the role of females who were black was slave.
Society changed... grew up as it were...
In WWII, black men in the navy were relegated to non-combat assignments because their "role" was deemed to be service duties such as mess cooks.
Again society changed... grew up as it were.
Society, like a teenager, continues to grow up.
A servicewoman is no less female than a homemaker; a homemaker is not more female than a servicewoman.
A female should only be limited by her abilities and her decisions and not by men who perceive females as being role bound.
Whether a female decides she wants to become a homemaker or a fighter pilot is her decision and up to her abilities... it is not up to men to make that decision for her.
With all this said, the majority of females are not, and will not be, inclined to be in the military, by their own choice.
With all this said, the majority of males are not, and will not be, inclined to be in the military, by their own choice.
The underlying difference here is the draft in times of all out war.
Females must not be drafted into the military unless.. this country is on the ropes and females serving in the military as draftees will prevent the country from being overrun by the communists or the islamists or whom ever the enemy may be that spells the end of this country.
Pride goeth before the fall... just ask the USSR who put females into combat because they had no choice and ultimately prevailed against Nazi Germany.
TIGERESS
PS: To quote my Father, a 30-year career Army Air Corps/USAF serviceman, "It takes a special breed of cat to choose to be in the military." Interestingly, cat is not gender specific.
Not meaning to put you on the spot... you are 60 years old thus I am curious, did you serve in Viet Nam or during the Viet Nam War? Eight service women were killed by the enemy in Viet Nam... all were officers and all were volunteers. They were nurses.
My Dad volunteered for military service and was there in Viet Nam and also WWII and Korea and served with distinction... a 35 mission B-17 crewman and was awarded many metals for his service.
We were so proud of him and he was given a military funeral not too many years ago with full military honors including a firearm salute.