mythology

mythology

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Q1:

In the Franco-Dahomean War in the 1800s, many French soldiers hesitated before attacking the Dahomey Amazons, which led to the death of a large number of French troops. This hesitation may have been due to cultural beliefs about men fighting women. What is your belief about this? How does it apply to current political debates about women serving in the front of ongoing wars?

Q2:

You have learned about several groups and individual warrior women in mythology and history. How do you believe that these stories might influence current women?

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The myth about men fighting women in wars being viewed as wrong is outdated. Nowadays women go through the same training as men in order to go to war. If they pass the training, it means that they are physically, mentally and tactically fit and capable of going to war. Some of them are even better than their male counterparts and therefore sparing them during the war due to their physical inferiority is a costly mistake as it takes more than physical…