If you enjoy hating on Rick Santorum, then you should all check out my piece over at The Risky Shift challenging him on his arguments about women in the military.
Santorum is arguing that when women are present on the battlefield it activates a male urge to engage in risky behavior in order protect them. This argument is a sneaky ploy; it’s the “it’s not about the women, it’s about the men” claim. At least, that’s what it is superficially. This argument side-steps trying to respond to the incredibly convincing evidence that women have proven their battlefield mettle repeatedly and instead goes for an assertion about male nature and military culture that embeds itself in social assumptions about gender not necessarily factual evidence.
For more on this, check out this oldie but goodie, “Debunking the “Women in the Infantry” Argument.”
(via socialworky)
