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The Unemotional Soldier
The soldier who is most useful to the military is one who is unemotional. Joshua Goldstein*, an academic and researcher, author of War and Gender (2001) puts it like this: “…cultures around the world with few exceptions construct “tough” men … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, armour, compassion, controlled, deadened, logical, mentally controlled, sacrifice, sensitivity, stoic, suppress emotions, tough, unemotional, vulnerability
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Suckered into Sacrifice?
Are we, perhaps unwittingly, training our sons to be fodder for war? Continuing the debate from my first three posts: If, in our evolutionary past, society believed that traditional war was inevitable, then it needed all its men to have … Continue reading
Posted in Boys, Masculinity, Parents, War
Tagged boys' games, brainwashed, community, coward, guns, heroism, honour, indefensible and illogical war, killing, masculinity linked to war, masculinity questioned, parents, patriotism, reward, rituals, sacrifice, shame, validation, war romantisized, weapons, women and patriotism
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