Is it just me, or is it very 1940s in here?

[dgenerator]

Aside: I've been meaning to post more, but I've been busy.

I'm a poor supporter of feminism. I would go so far as to suggest that when presented with most 'modern' (i.e. radical or guilt-inducing) representations of feminism, I am actively hostile toward it. This is mostly because many varities of it are predicated on the theory that I do not know

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[thelastmehina]

Also, it's not like war = death should have been a surprise to Karine. Nor was she drafted. She knew what the risks were when she, of her own free will, chose to enlist. To fetishize her death in such a way completely devalues her choice and the reasons behind it. I wonder if the writer thought for more than five seconds about why Karine chose to join the army. Probably not, because then he would have had to see her as a thinking, reasoning human being and not a convenient symbol to (mis)use for his own agenda.

Regarding social programming & feminism: I think you have a good point, but at the same time, I will propose that we, as a society, have a lot of 'bad habits' which we haven't quite gotten over. Like most bad habits, we do them without thinking and aren't likely to stop unless it's pointed out to us by someone else. I do reject the notion that I can't make my own choices because I've been brainwashed by the patriarchy... but I also accept the idea that I should think about my choices to try and understand what really motivates me to make them.