ok -I'll play along:
In this movie there was a good representation of all types - men AND women.
Both genders had representations as:
-decisive (US politicians, UK military)
-analytical (US military: ID in Hawai)
-cry babies (US military: drone operators)
-spineless (UK politicians)
The idea you put forth that women have no place in war as they make decisions with their emotions shows a fundamental misunderstanding of why women should not be in COMBAT (not war, combat...without the female admin, logistics, engineering, intelligence, pilots, medical and other military professionals you'd have massibe gaps in your military forces and skillset, and no combat could take place: there aren't enough men wanting to join up, you'd end up havng to go to a draft of non professional soldiers instead of having highly trained proficient female professional military personnel) It has been proven many times in a variety of studies starting with the IDF that MEN are the ones who get over-emotional when they are in combat with women. They are the ones who loose track of the mission and get all emo trying to protect the women as if they were an endangered species... the women fare just fine...but THAT is why women should not be in combat because by and large men can't handle it and it endangers the mission and the lives of the whole unit.
Now what to me was much more interesting in this movie was this notion of warfare led by committee: can warfare be legislated, what are the ethics of war, can/should only one side be ethical, what is the place of civilian (ie political) decision making in warfare, what kind of autonomy should the military have, does the military work for the people it represents, for the government, for the commander in chief/PM, for the generals? Now all of these questions ARE very interesting..especially with this new kind of war we are currently experiencing where everything needs to be redefined as there are no clearly defined war fronts...everyone and anyone in certain regions can be enemy or foe...and in the west the enemy is blended into minorities...ALL OF THAT is what this movie made me think of...not anything about feminism...!
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