Gender in IR

Let’s talk about white male privilege and the topic of toxic masculinity. These concepts are continuously denounced by the people who meet the criteria, which ironically is exactly why they exist. Here’s an example of toxic masculinity: The dean at Harvard Law School during Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s attendance had once asked her why she thought she had the right to take a man’s place at the school. And here’s an example of while male privilege: A white male posting on Facebook, “It’s OK to be white” in response to the “it’s OK to be black” and Black Lives Matter movements. Kevin Dunn’s article titled “Interrogating White Male Privilege” is a prime example of non-toxic masculinity because he is self-aware of his privilege and, instead of either accepting or justifying it, he makes sense of it and acknowledges how it could harm other people in society. “I know I did not get where I am today by my own personal accomplishments alone. I benefitted from white male privilege. Whe...

Does the rapid advancement in military technology offer a step toward reducing or exacerbating gender inequalities?   No. It does not. In fact, in my opinion, it will make it  much   more complicated. And there are three reasons as to why. One is more visible than the other, the third, I guarantee, has been and will always be denounced by somebody, and the one in the middle is a mix of both. The first reason In our lecture videos on this topic, it is mentioned that in the time of techno-war, men and women are now equal and are at odds with technology. This is technically true but is at best a surface-level view.  The first issue to be highlighted here is that, much like the weapons used by humans on the field, this technology is being gendered, which is by no means a new concept. Military technology, according to the lecture video and the interview shown, is considered objective, logical, calculated, efficient and shows no emotion. Suppose...