Its a tricky question when you ask yourself what would you die for? Family, absolutely, love, ideally, but your country? If women are to advocate equality with men we must understand what we are asking for. One of the conditions is, being susceptible to a draft when our country is at war. Equality meaning that what men get we get. If I were a supporter of equality of men and women I would say yes I will fight in a war for my country if called to do so. You can't fight for something and then place exceptions to it. But I don't believe that women should be equal to men in all aspects. Yes, we deserve equal pay and not to be consider a cheaper labor option by corporations. Yes, we deserve to be given equal admission into all careers we desire/ are classified for. But, women do have children and this is one factor in which we cannot seek equality.
Today in class I was struck by how no one really brought up conflict between a man and a women, I mean it is gender conflict class. However, I understand how we were defining conflict not certain conflicts. I look forward to talking about conflicts between men and women. I personally, have a lot of trouble when I am in conflict with men because I often feel really threatened, or in the wrong. i believe this is due to my past encounters with men as well but i do wonder if it maybe its experienced by a lot of other women as well ( maybe a social construct)
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