“In the Combat Zone” written by Leslie Marmon, is about how the roles of women have been taught for generations. Women are smaller and weaker, and that we are sitting ducks waiting to be victims by our prey. Women are taught to be easy targets by their mothers, aunts, and grandmothers. They were told that women should not kill, or use weapons. In this essay Leslie Marmon, explains that we can put a stop to the crimes done against women by strangers. Females must learn how to take aggressive action individually. In the 20th century woman no longer have to fit in the box that they have been put in. We can defend and protect ourselves.
I was inspired by this essay in the combat zone in how she handles herself when she thought her life was in danger. She wasn’t sure if she should go to the police station or continue with her day. But personally I think she made the right choice, by continuing on. Some might think because she was ready to defend herself she was ready to start the fight, but honestly she was ready to end one. With her gun on her lap she sat there and waited for the stranger in the truck to make his move. For some people this bold stand she had made could have been perceived as overreacting, emotional and paranoid. But from a woman who knows just how dangers it is. This was thinking outside the box. Women should be prepared to defend themselves. This is something that should be taught in schools to young teenage girls, really to all women. It is important to understand that we can and should defend ourselves physically.
I could go on and on about the essay itself, but I wanted to do some research for myself. How a woman can better protect herself and be more aware of the things going on around her. I know a...
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... do not let it control my life. I still go for walks. I still take late night jogs around the neighborhood. The difference is I’m ready and prepared for the unexpected stranger.
People can use my story and how I got lucky or they can use Leslie Marmon’s story, in the combat zone. Whichever story this is a wonderful example that the world we live in is becoming unsafe and that we must educate young boys and girls on how to prepare and handle situations that could be life or death. Sometimes we’ve got to create our own luck by attaining knowledge and being witty enough to out think our opponent so that we can be ready for all domestic or unexpected attackers. In doing this we feel more control over our lives and we are set free from the fear of the night. Men and women can finally step outside the box of our expected gender roles that was placed on us from birth.
Within Megan H. Mackenzie’s essay, “Let Women Fight” she points out many facts about women serving in the U.S. military. She emphasizes the three central arguments that people have brought up about women fighting in the military. The arguments she states are that women cannot meet the physical requirements necessary to fight, they simply don’t belong in combat, and that their inclusion in fighting units would disrupt those units’ cohesion and battle readiness. The 1948 Women’s Armed Services Integration Act built a permanent corps of women in all the military departments, which was a big step forward at that time. Although there were many restrictions that were put on women, an increase of women in the U.S. armed forces happened during
Do you believe all women are smart enough to get an education or strong enough to go to war? In countries like Afghanistan and even America, there is a preconceived notion that women are simply best for bearing children, raising them, cleaning, and cooking for their husbands. From a young age, many women are given gendered roles, such as being taught by society to find husbands and care for children. For instance, girls are given baby dolls and kitchen sets for their birthdays instead of books. In Flashes of War, by Katey Schultz, the two stories “Deuce Out” and “Aaseya and Rahim” the protagonists Stephanie and Aaseya may live in different worlds, but they share much more than we think. Because of predetermined expectations that society has imposed upon women, Schultz’s book comes to a surprise since it defies pre-conceived notions of women.
If a woman was raised to protect her self and to fend for herself, then she is less of a target. If a woman was raised to depend on others for everything, then she is more of a target. Silko told her readers how she was raised to protect herself. Her father took her to the river and taught her how to shoot guns in order to defend herself. Being raised to defend herself paid off when the man followed her to the pet store. She was not afraid because she knew how to defend herself with her gun and that scared him away. If a woman was raised to depend on other people, then they depend on the state to keep them safe. They depend on the police enforcing the law and mandatory
In the short story “A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” by Hasselstrom, she informs the readers about her choice to carry a gun and what led up to making this choice. Hasselstrom tells her readers that she is a female who lives and travels alone. She says that “a woman who travels alone is advised, usually by men, to protect herself” (3). Women are seen as easy targets and are told to take extra precautions to make sure that she is safe. Hasselstrom hates that just because she is female she will need to do extra in order to
The purpose of this article is to explain why the author carries a gun. In the article, Hasselstrom lists several sexual assaults that have made her decide to do something to protect herself. For example, Hasselstrom lists that she found a tire mark in her yard, garbage in her driveway, a larger gas tank empty, and a light shone in her house, and she was too afraid to go into her house. This incident reveals that Hasselstrom is a very vulnerable woman. Also, Hasselstrom explains some ways that she can use to protect herself, such as learning kung fu and carrying guns. Lastly, Hasselstrom states that she feels safer by carrying a gun. The central idea of this article is show how women defense themselves.
"Violence against women-it's a men's issue." Jackson Katz:. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2014. .
Thousands of men enlisted and were sent to fight during World War II. However, many people are unaware of the role that women played in the war, not only in taking over the jobs that would have previously belonged to men at home, but also in combat. D’Ann Campbell’s article “Women in Combat: The World War II Experience in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union” explores this topic. Campbell argues that the role of women in combat has been overlooked in the study of the Second World War. She states that, in fact, “the history everyone has learned about the greatest and best-known war of all times has airbrushed out the combat roles of women” (323). In the article, Campbell compares the methods of the four major powers involved in the war, the Unites States, Great Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union, of involving women in combat, and what those methods used say about gender roles in that particular country.
Although 14,000 sexual assault victims in the military are men, and 12,000 are women (US Commission on Civil Rights), women are seen as the primary victims. Because of this, removing women from equal combat roles has bee...
Since the resolution of World War II, the United States has been involved in over fifteen extensive military wars. Recent wars between Iraq and Afghanistan are being fought over several issues which affect women in both the United States and the other nations. While the military is often thought of a male dominated institution, women are present and affected all throughout the system as soldiers, caretakers, partners, and victims. Transnational feminists often fight against war due to the vulnerability that is placed on women during times of war. Despite often being overlooked, there is no doubt that women are heavily included in the devastating consequences of war.
From facilitating this safety plan, I have learned how to help women move through their options for safety. I have seen that women can be even more creative, strong, and empowered than I imagined possible. Most importantly, this assignment has given me the opportunity to truly consider and offer an alternative to a life of abuse that many women have never heard of before. I believe that the safety plan is important to both the woman seeking safety from her abusive relationship as well as the advocate having trouble seeing the victim as able to overcome the risks of intimate partner violence.
12 Shelly Bannister, op. cit., argues that women who respond to male violence with physical resistance, and are incarcerated as a result, should be viewed as political prisoners.
... female victims in mind to raise safety awareness among female students living on college campuses. Women are primary victims of crimes more strongly influenced by the gender factor; they have been known to be easily overpowered by men (assuming the attacker is male!). A male victim may be able to fight back his attacker, but for a female it seems that their best line of defense is simply locking the door.
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In the article “Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” Linda M. Hasselstrom, explains a series of events that prompt her to an important decision. It was a decision that changed her life. Hasselstrom is a respected writer who has written several books on based on personal, life experiences. In this particular article she gives examples of events that have occurred to her that forced her take a decision of carrying a gun. She explains that throughout her 10 recent years there were varies occasions where she saw herself in a dangerous situation. During those 10 years she constantly experienced situations where she saw she needed protection, and a simple self defense class wasn’t going to help. She became aware of her surroundings and eventually had experience on what to do in those types of dangerous situations. Although carrying a gun for her was something she needed when it came to protection, she also had to learn that it was a huge responsibility.
DISCUSS THE EXTENT OF PROTECTION FOR WOMEN AGAINST MALE VIOLENCE BY THE STATE. For this essay I am going to look at Domestic Violence against women and what the State is doing to protect them. Domestic Violence is now a well-known global occurrence affecting not only women but also their children too. Violence against woman has been around since the dawn of time. We have all seen cartoon pictures of the caveman dragging his mate behind him by her hair. It was just something that men did. Woman had no protection against men especially if they were married to their attacker. For the first 75 years of the 20th century women were seen as meek and subservient to their men and were also owned by those men. Men had a social right to keep their women under control. Things began to change from the late 1960’s early 1970’s. As feminism became more popular the feelings that men owned their women began to subside. But this change in society did not so much to change the occurrence and violence of violence in the home. So what exactly is domestic violence? “ Domestic Violence is usually defined as physical, emotional, sexual and other abuse by someone (usually but not always a man) of a person (usually not always a woman) with whom they have or have had some form of intimate relationship such as marriage, in order to maintain power and control over that person. It may include threats to kill or harm the woman and/or her children or other family members” (Barron 1992) Lists of typical injuries sustained by victims include: § Bruising § Bleeding § Hair loss § Knife wounds § Scratches to body and face § Concussion § Broken/loss of teeth This list could go and on. Injuries do not have to include physical but also mental. The cause of domestic violence against women can never fully be documented. There is the Liberal approach that violence against women is a rare occurrence and that it is only a small number of men who will abuse. They blame social backgrounds that form a cycle of abuse. If the father used violence against the mother then the child will see it as normal. They also feel that to push a man as far as to commit an assault sexual frustration should also be taken into consideration. But the criticisms against this approach include the notion that not all men who come from a broken home go out and commit rape and systematic abuse. They see that the women have to...