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Emotional Shut-down

Posted on 04/08/2011 by caygin

In my last post, I looked at one of the attributes of an ideal soldier: An ideal soldier is unemotional. Only anger and aggression are permissible. Do we raise our sons to be unemotional so that they can be useful … Continue reading →

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The Unemotional Soldier

Posted on 23/07/2011 by caygin

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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