The enemy within: female soldiers in the Canadian Forces

ID:	HARP-398
Title:	The enemy within: female soldiers in the Canadian Forces
Source:	Canadian Woman Studies , v.19(4) Wint’00 pg 36-41
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Year:	2000
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Keywords:	Canada, economic, social, and cultural rights, employment, equality before the law, gender equality, human rights, military service, woman, civil and political rights, security, liberty
Abstract:	The military recruitment of women, generally, has sparked tremendous controversy. Supporters wish to “ensure equal rights and responsibilities of all citizens,” whereas opponents are concerned with ensuring combat effectiveness (Segal). Feminists are split: promoters of women’s equal rights as citizens “to lay down their lives for their country” and gain access to the career advancements afforded by combat service are pitted against pacifists who either reject, outright, women’s participation in favour of peaceful conflict resolution (As; Brock-Utne; Ruddick), or encourage women’s military enrolment, anticipating that, Trojan-like, they will change the military from within. Some, however, disagrees with the suggestion that women infiltrate the military in order to change it, arguing that “the more likely result is that militarization will change women” (Vickers 19).
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