“…She adds that this idea is based on women's exclusion from arenas of power and involvement in motherhood. Roach Pierson says that contemporary feminists have argued against this proposed separation, and called for full equality between men and women both in and outside of battle, which has led to the creation of a visible discourse on women's role as combatants fighting alongside (and sometimes without) men (Roach Pierson 1987). However, women's role in war should not be reduced to any of the above positions.…”
“…She adds that this idea is based on women's exclusion from arenas of power and involvement in motherhood. Roach Pierson says that contemporary feminists have argued against this proposed separation, and called for full equality between men and women both in and outside of battle, which has led to the creation of a visible discourse on women's role as combatants fighting alongside (and sometimes without) men (Roach Pierson 1987). However, women's role in war should not be reduced to any of the above positions.…”
Men make war; women make peace. Men make war; women make children. Men make war because women make children. Because men make war, women make children. Women make peace because they make children.
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