Equality in the National Guard Stereotypes and misconceptions are being thrown out everywhere today. A stereotype is an over exaggerated truth about a group people. Stereotypes can be based off some sort of truth that has happened with a specific group of people in the past and has never changed their viewpoint on this group. Usually stereotypes are formed from a young age depending on what you were raised to believe, can also be influenced by significant others, teachers, peers, and now a days social media has a huge helping in creating stereotypes. A stereotype should not be confused with a misconception, a misconception is a belief a group is a certain way with no evidence of them ever being that way. A misconception has never been proven …show more content…
Today there is no proof that men are superior to women, with women excelling in male dominating jobs. Men even now can be stay at home fathers while mothers work to maintain a household. In the online article, Congress’s four female combat veterans are speaking up on military by Karoun Demirjian she discusses females who are in the military speaking up about stereotypes,¨ There were different missions I had volunteered for, along with other females in our unit, and we were told we weren't allowed to participate in those missions simply because we were female. An example of a misconception is how females cannot become sergeants or rank up because they are women. This is falsely assumed because there are women who are specialist, sergeants, staff sergeants, drill sergeants, first class sergeants, etc. The idea that women in the Guard cannot rank up or can only be a soldier is a false misconception. Stereotypes are again a fabricated truth, or believed idea based off the group of people you correlate …show more content…
In the past females were not allowed to work besides maintaining a home so when World War 1 came and the only people who could do the job were females they realised that females can do just as a great job as men, that led to the allotment of females in the forces.With commencement of women enlisting in the National Guard much contradictory stirred up with males not accepting females at all or as their equals. In the past what created this stereotypical view on females based off men who had never seen women work and had sexsist ideas.In a article by the University of Kansas speaks to soldiers and how they feel about women stereotypes one soldier said,” Female soldier experiences are important because they often refute some of the stereotypes and assumptions their male colleagues may hold about women's abilities to serve in combat units.” Now through the access of social media, and news this perception of misconceptions and stereotypes on biased opinions is still being portrayed. With holding women not based off their ability but poor judgment is not right. Women have to stand taller, with more dignity, with more pride to get the same authority or respect as a male in the same
The military is trying to find new ways to recognize the fact that women now fight in the country’s wars. In 2011 the Military Leadership Diversity Commission recommended that the Department of Defense remove all combat restrictions on women. Although many jobs have been opened for women in the military, there is still 7.3 percent of jobs that are closed to them. On February 9, 2012, George Little announced that the Department of Defense would continue to reduce the restrictions that were put on women’s roles. The argument that “women are not physically fit for combat” is the most common and well-researched justification for their exclusion from fighting units. It has been proven if women go through proper training and necessary adaptations, they can complete the same physical tasks as any man. Though there seem to be many reasons from the exclusion of women in the military, the main ones have appeared to be that they do not have the strength to go through combat, would be a distraction to the men, and that they would interrupt male bonding and group
A stereotype is an exaggerated generalization used to describe a group of people. Discrimination is the unequal treatment of different categories of people. An example of a stereotype would be the generalization that a majority of African American youth are gangbangers or criminals. An example of discrimination would be the mocking of an Asian student’s accent each time they spoke in class. Stereotyping and discrimination still take place today whether in minority communities or in the communities of those who hold the majority, though these incidents are not as prevalent in non minority
Stereotypes are formed when a person sees a certain race, religious group or ethnic group behaving a certain way enough that they form an impression of that group as being that certain way. And it is considered a stereotype because they apply their impression to the group as a whole
With society’s past and present it is apparent that women are still not equal even if they have the title. Men are observably stronger and have a different mentality in situations than women. This is not to say that women should not be in the military but they should have the choice that way they can accept the responsibility and train themselves mentally and physically to achieve the responsibility and respect needed to fight for our country.
Chinese people eat cats or dogs. Blue is a color for boys. Women are bad drivers. Those are the most common phrases I've heard about stereotyping. However, stereotypes are assumptions that are assigned to groups of people because of their religion, nationality, gender, race, clothing, among others. In our daily life, there are negative and positive stereotypes, and it is possible that we all use stereotypes, all the time, without knowing it. Also, in my life I experienced this issue because of my ethnicity and my gender.
Stereotypes can be defined as sweeping generalizations about members of a certain race, religion, gender, nationality, or other group. They are made everyday in almost every society. We develop stereotypes when we are unable or unwilling to obtain all the information we would need to make fair judgments about people or situations. By stereotyping, we assume that a person or group has certain characteristics. Quite often, we develop these ideas about people who are members of groups with which we have not had firsthand contact. Stereotyping usually leads to unfair results, such as discrimination, racial profiling, and unnecessary violence, all behaviors which need to be stopped.
The problem of women fighting in combat along with their male counterparts is not a one-sided problem. Elizabeth Hoisington has earned the rank of Brigadier General in the U.S. Army, leads the Women’s Army Corps and believes that women should not serve in combat because they are not as physically, mentally, or emotionally qualified as a male is and that ...
Women have changed people`s ideas on war for the past two centuries of American history. “People are realizing females have contributed to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan,” stated Professor Megan Mackenzie (Harris 2). Although women are not fighting on the front lines, they help in many different ways in the military such as being nurses and women Air force Service Pilots. In his career, General Martin Dempsey has noticed an improvement in the culture, discipline, and physical prowess since women first joined the military (Harris 2). Leon E. Panetta once stated that women are willing to fight and die alongside men, proving that everyone is committed to the job (Roulo 2). In November of 2012, four female soldiers planned to sue the Department of Defense because the “brass ceiling” was stopping them from proving they could fight (Harris 1). The American Civil Liberties Union and others supported them because they thought the military was discriminating against women (Harris 1). Women have shown that they are committed to helping though their contributions to past wars and battles in American history.
From birth, males are taught to be masculine and it is this type of instillment that oppresses men and women. While men are each other's biggest opponents as my sociology teacher Mr. Francoso told me, they look for any signs of homophobic and feminine features, explains how oppression starts here. Men are usually praised within their own roles, but women are forced to stay within their role. Be feminine, sexual, and must have a career. Gender roles exist, they are instilled, unfair, and the people trying to make them fairer are putting women down instead of giving them the equal rights that men have. Me, being a veteran, I would have never thought that anyone would be exempt from voluntarily wanting to serve and fight for their
Stereotypes are relatively fixed, overgeneralized attitudes and behaviors that are considered normal and appropriate for a person in a culture based on race, gender, and religion.They are assumptions that people make about the characteristics of all members of a group, based on an image about what people in
Everyone has heard the saying don’t judge a book by a cover. Sadly every minute of the day someone gets judged because of assumptions that are not correct. These assumptions overtime eventually lead to stereotypes. A stereotype is an image or idea of a particular type of person. Stereotyping a person is seen in many differents aspects such as race, groups, beliefs, appearance, etc. An individual may ask why people are stereotyped or stereotype. In reality stereotyping helps people categorize the different type of people. It narrows down the options of who one might want to associate with. Stereotyping can have its negatives, it makes people ignore how others really are. It may lead to a person not wanting to hang out with another person because of the stereotype that persons group has. Everyday the general public use cars for the means of transportation. But what about when people use their car for more than transportation, car enthusiasts often modify their cars to their likings. Enthusiasts often join car clubs to share their common interests with other car enthusiasts. Often the people in car clubs have a stereotype of being juvenile, racing a lot, low-life bums, and ghetto when actually most do not have those characteristics.
At one point in time, these stereotypes may have been true; however, in today’s modern society, most of these stereotypes are outdated and false, which leads them to turn into misconceptions. Usually, stereotypes are utilized to humiliate and degrade the person or group; they also do not provide any beneficial outcomes. Stereotypes focus on how a particular group acts because of the radical ideas and actions of the few, how a particular group looks, or how that group is physically lacking in some way. These stereotypes often lead to conflicts because the group does not appreciate the way it is perceived. Seldom are the stereotypes placed on a group of people truthful and accurate.
Stereotypes are assumptions that are made about an entire group of people based on observations of a few; they act as scapegoats for prejudice behaviour and ideologies.
Now women are allowed to be in armed forces as we know with the most recent news of the first women to graduate from ranger class, Capt. Kristen Griest and 1st Lt. Shaye Haver however, women are not allowed on front line duty and why is that? Many people say that women are not emotionally or physically capable. Few bigger reasons is that they believe that the male soldiers will do foolish things for our women, the other is that they will pamper with the mission's effectiveness. There has been a lot of conflict with if women are as effective as men and or as useful.
In addition, women cannot protect themselves (not to be offensive). In the real world (not in the military), women can be independent, but most of them are dependent. They are married and have a husband to count on. So in the military, women count on the men to help them in training. But also, there have been reports of women being sexually assaulted in the military. These are some reasons why women are