Women'sheduling Conflict Research Paper

Today it is not uncommon to see women enlist into the military service, in fact today they make up 15% of the active force . It was not always this way, however. During the Revolutionary War the key role of women was to care for the soldiers. Meaning they were nurses, cooks, laundresses, water bearers, and saboteurs . It wasn’t until the 1940s when the argument began whether women should be allowed to serve in combat units or not. Clearly, we can now see that the women won this argument, since they are many women serving today. But what led up to this victory? Understanding the jobs women had earlier on, along with the political units will help one grasp the reasons why so many women are enlisted today.

Two weeks ago, Feminist Frequency launched a crowdfunding campaign for Ordinary Women, our new video series about incredible, defiant women throughout history, and we’re pleased to say that we’re on our way, having raised over $73,000 from more than 1,200 supporters so far. Your generosity and enthusiasm mean everything to us, especially in light of the pushback we get every time we speak up or speak at all.

March is Women History Month. This year, 2018, is very significant in term of women history of the US. Women's March in 2017 drew about 3 million people from all walks of life in the US but more in the world. This year’s #MeToo movement spark the women from all over the country to come forward and tell their stories. The stories of abuses, the stories of hope and the stories of dreams.

Examining the Concept of Gender Identity in Woman Warrior We are all aware of gender identify and gender equality issues in today’s society. It touches our lives and makes headline news. One’s personal experience of one’s own gender should be valued. What we typically focus on are the set of gender attributes we tend to assign to males and females.

In the American republic rights and responsibilities were the stable of keeping the society going. Men felt that women’s main responsibility was to teach their sons how to take care of property and make them good citizens. They also took care of all the house work such as laundry and making sure the children behaved themselves. It was frowned upon for women to read novels or to use their imagination and there were scarcely educational opportunities. Benjamin Rush feels women should be a complimentary partner towards men. This is accomplished by being able to write legibly, read, have knowledge of geography, be able to sing, and dance. Also, in order for their sons to be taught well women must know something about bookkeeping if something was to ever happen to their husbands. This way the eldest son could take over the property.

Since the mid-1800's, women in the United States and around the world have organized political movements to obtain the same social, economic, and political rights that men have traditionally enjoyed. These feminist movements have sought to change the laws to prevent discrimination against women and to provide them with equal opportunities in all aspects of life, including education, employment, and government representation.

In this essay it will assess to what extent feminism has added to our understanding of society.

In recent years, in the United States, the nation’s view towards Middle Eastern women has been altered due to their involvement in domestic and global terrorism. In addition, news of Middle Eastern women being mistreated by men and societal circumstances because of gender has arisen. In other words, Middle Eastern women are subjected to gender-based violence and gender inequality as a result of their sex. In Anne Meneley’s Tournament of Values: Sociability and Hierarchy in a Yemeni Town, Meneley briefly touches upon gender-based violence and gender inequality, but focuses more on how hierarchy plays a role in the way sociability is developed in Zabid, a Yemeni town. When I read Anne Meneley’s Tournament of Values, I learned that in Zabid, women play a pivotal role in building relations, the economy, domestics, and fashion. Active can be defined as an act of physical engagement. In the contrast, passive can be defined as not taking part on what is happening or what occurs to others. Yemeni women do not always play passively; they also partake in the active role.

This goes back to the theory that most women turn to substances for self-medicating purposes due to unresolved traumas or events in their lives. Women’s addiction is also different because women not only self-medicate because of traumatic events, but also to function as a working mother/woman in a fast paced world. According to, “The DASIS Report (May 2005)” women were less likely than men to detoxify. One reason is because they are in denial and try to rationalize their substance abuse. So they are less likely to seek help unless it is court ordered because children were involved. SAMSHA, stated that as of 2008, 1/3 of the population being treated for substance abuse were women. According to SAMSHA’s November/December 2008 Newsletter, 6.9 million women are not receiving treatment. Approximately, 94% feel they do not need treatment. This has been a drastic increase over the past 10years. SAMSHA also revealed that women have more barriers when seeking treatment such as, young children, poverty, low-income, stigmatization and have the inability to pay for treatment. This goes back to pay in-equality and the Equal Rights Amendment.

Feminism has not changed today, but its focus has changed. Many women today have good education and employment opportunities just like men, as the early feminist fought for them. Now, after getting all these, men are now discriminating them and at times abusing them in order to undermine their hard work and potentiality. Men are doing all they can to undermine the success women have been able to acquired, however, today’s feminism is struggling to protect women and girls from domestic violence, sexual harassment, and rape as well as discrimination.

When it comes to combat assignments and the needs of the military, men take precedence over all other considerations, including career prospects of female service members. Female military members have been encouraged to pursue opportunities and career enhancement within the armed forces, which limit them only to the needs and good of the service due to women being not as “similarly situated” as their male counterparts when it comes to strength or aggressiveness, and are not able to handle combat situations.

     Women have played a tremendous role in many countries' armed forces from the past to the present. Women have thoroughly integrated into the armed forces; all positions in the armed forces should be fully accessible to women who can compete with men intellectually and physically.

Between the late 1700’s and the early 1900’s many American women struggled to obtain the same rights as men. The society of women as a whole had pushed for equality constantly throughout the years. Women especially obtained more equality by publicizing their reasoning and demands for equality. This, is first and foremost proven by the way women had advocated greatly for improved academics for women. Women used another good tactical approach to achieve equality by speaking out strongly against inequalities between the genders.A third example of a great leap for equality, would be the religious movement, the upsurge in religious enthusiasm allowed women to demonstrate their piety and even to found new sects; and this in turn led to change in the way the world viewed women.

In this essay, I will be discussing how women in Nigeria are vulnerable in conflict and epidemic crisis because religion and customs encourage male dominance limiting women’s rights. As a result, male groups believe they have power over women, as noticed in the kidnapping of student girls in Nigeria. Furthermore, women are entitled to follow customs and culture even if it endangers their health, as discussed in the Ebola crisis in Nigeria. However, if women disobey customs and culture they are abused and punished, resulting in gender based violence. Hence, women in Nigeria are vulnerable due to many factors, but education is a safeguard that is necessary to protect them. Therefore, in this essay, I will be arguing how women are vulnerable

In regards to the issue of gender-related violence, the literature might suggest two possible approaches. One is that the incidence of violence against women could be reduced by way of a stronger state. The second is that the incidence of violence against women is best addressed with greater representation and leadership by women. This paper will examine both of these arguments. It will conclude that neither explanation has the potential to resolve issues of gendered violence independently. The combination of a strong state and adequate female representation in parliament will decrease the prevalence of violence against women. Central to this paper will be the debate over which influence, either socialization or biology, can account for a higher number of male perpetrators of violence.