We all remember the images. Russia had just begun its invasion of Ukraine and the Ukrainian government was scrambling to respond. So were everyday Ukrainians. Millions headed for the border with Poland as the government issued a military conscription order. Women, children and old people fled to safety. Males of military age headed in the opposite direction – toward their friendly neighborhood conscription office to be fitted for a uniform, handed a rifle and told to lay down their life for their country and the regime-change aspirations of far-away powers.
So far, tens of thousands have done just that and tens of thousands more will as the war drags toward its first anniversary with no end in sight.
The same is true on the Russian side – men in uniform slaughtering and being slaughtered; Putin’s call-up of military reserves directed exclusively at males while their female friends and relatives look on, anguished, but safe.
What happened to feminism? What happened to gender equality? Where are the feminists indignantly demanding to fight, be maimed and die alongside the men?
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