Kari Kristine Haugberg | Swansea University (original) (raw)
Hard-working, Free-thinking, Honest (to the point of near impoliteness I'm sure), No-nonsence (yet romantic and avid fictional reader), probably Liberal (by the standards of others), currently working in accounting.
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"Women in combat” has long been a hotly debated topic. In 2013 the then Secretary of Defence, Leo... more "Women in combat” has long been a hotly debated topic. In 2013 the then Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta, repealed the U.S. ban on women in combat positions, reinvigorating the debate. The arguments against women in combat predominantly vary between the question of physical capabilities, unit and gender cohesion, and “appropriateness” regarding the gender roles of society, or, indeed, all of the above. I posit that these arguments and objections are not as evident and objective as they are made out to be, and that they are directed and informed by underlying socio-cultural gendered images reiterated and re-established in all aspects of life. This study examines the manifestations of these images in three main areas – literature, army policy, and the media, and in turn reveal that these attitudes do not relate to the historical and contemporary reality of women in combat.
In this paper I will present the religious argumentation between the Prefect Symmachus and the Bi... more In this paper I will present the religious argumentation between the Prefect Symmachus and the Bishop Ambrose concerning the placement of the altar of Victory. This I will do by first presenting the object in question and the two opposing parties. Then I will present the three main arguments set forth by Symmachus and Ambrose's following rebuttal. In the end I will reflect upon what I have seen and attempt to draw lines to my own time.
"Women in combat” has long been a hotly debated topic. In 2013 the then Secretary of Defence, Leo... more "Women in combat” has long been a hotly debated topic. In 2013 the then Secretary of Defence, Leon Panetta, repealed the U.S. ban on women in combat positions, reinvigorating the debate. The arguments against women in combat predominantly vary between the question of physical capabilities, unit and gender cohesion, and “appropriateness” regarding the gender roles of society, or, indeed, all of the above. I posit that these arguments and objections are not as evident and objective as they are made out to be, and that they are directed and informed by underlying socio-cultural gendered images reiterated and re-established in all aspects of life. This study examines the manifestations of these images in three main areas – literature, army policy, and the media, and in turn reveal that these attitudes do not relate to the historical and contemporary reality of women in combat.
In this paper I will present the religious argumentation between the Prefect Symmachus and the Bi... more In this paper I will present the religious argumentation between the Prefect Symmachus and the Bishop Ambrose concerning the placement of the altar of Victory. This I will do by first presenting the object in question and the two opposing parties. Then I will present the three main arguments set forth by Symmachus and Ambrose's following rebuttal. In the end I will reflect upon what I have seen and attempt to draw lines to my own time.