Inequality In Military

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While on the surface there seems to be more acceptance in the military for both genders, there is a clear discrimination that is set up by societal norms and reinforced by the military. One women described her time in the army as a clerk who answered phones and brought coffee to her male counterparts, he reality, with women soldiers as caretakers and caregivers for the men, means that the army is a training ground for stereotyped, limited roles for women in civilian life as well. While women have an easier job climbing the latter for positions in the Israeli military then American women do, Israeli women claim that it is hard to get men, of all ranks, to recognize their talent. In their communities, women are brought up to serve the men, and …show more content…
By having men and women serve in the army together, that creates bonds, that reach past gender and offers more men the ability to see women as their equal, bonds that go past their service in the army. Due to the start that men and women have when starting their service in the military, both are respected within their societies, often times being able to quickly find jobs when they depart the service, although men typically are thought to be more respected in the sense that since their service time is longer, they see, to have been able to gain more knowledge or expertise. This “expertise” that is gained through longer service is seen to be act as an advantage to the men who are obligated to serve 12 months longer then women, and because a longer time spent in the military means more respect, this gender difference becomes heightened due to the military. Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu has spoken out against allowing women to serve in certain combat units and is especially critical about drafting religious women. They will be corrupted, he said, and he is not the only one who believes that allowing women to fight along side men will corrupt them based on religious