War and Gender

I have to say, today's class was pretty interesting.  We broke into groups and discussed "how masculinity and femininity re-defined in processes of conflict and in ways which serve state military and nationalist objectives".  We can up with this: Women are seen as the care takers... so they are expected to stay home and take care of all the household chores, bills, and maintaining an easy living environment for the children.  If a woman does decide to enlist, then she is more than likely to be a nurse, not apart of the front line.  Women are pretty much just the background of the situation. Fair? No.... Definitely not.  Men on the other hand are to one's to do all the fighting. They are the responsible party for defending their country. But they also have a double wammy for war. If they do not enlist then they are looked down upon and then shunned for not defending their country along with being called names like chicken,  wussie, or unpatriotic.  So then men are forced to make a decision of defending their humility and possibly die or risk being shunned and removed from society.... I personally like being alive and dont really care what people say about me soooooooo I pass on war.