Blog Post #2
The most prominent question I took away from classes this week was this one: Does the patriarchal system have anything to do with the roles women take in war and combat? I know this isn’t an original question, but I’ve been thinking about it all week and it was swarming my head during the readings, because it became so clear and so frustrating at the same time. My shorts answer is yes, it does have everything to do with not only the roles taken, but the fact that roles are taken. So, during today’s documentary, we discussed whether the FARC women join the guerilla movement due to personal or structural reasons. I originally believed it was structural, but after some thought, I realized that, even if it was structural (society based on class, gender norms, etc.), that it all comes back to personal issues. These issues, as we’ve spoken about this week, can have something to do with the personalization of societal issues like class or gender nor...