The passing century has broken many stereotypes. Views on the role and place of women in the system of social relations have changed significantly. Feminization has also affected military life. Today, more and more women of the fairer sex devote their lives to military labor, which has been considered an exclusively male occupation since ancient times. And although we are far from the usual "be ahead of the whole planet", but this, you will agree, is not our most serious lag. However, Russian women want to serve in the army, boldly go there and are going to continue to come to military collectives. And it doesn't seem to make sense to argue whether it's good or bad that women try on military uniforms. This is a fait accompli. It seems reasonable to look at the same" fait accompli " in the armies of other states. Khaki emancipation has a lot of nuances. Here we will talk about them. If in our Russian army women, one might say, are just beginning to master the military service, then in the armed forces of NATO member states, representatives of the fair sex did it long ago. Currently, the number of women serving on active duty in the armies of the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and a number of other North Atlantic Treaty States is more than 270 thousand. They serve as soldiers, sergeants, officers and generals in almost all types and branches of the armed forces. There are also quite a few women at NATO headquarters itself. Despite the fact that the degree of feminization of our Armed Forces in comparison with the armies of leading states is still small, it should be borne in mind that, apparently, in the near future, the Russian army will also gain the necessary "female maximum" without compromising its combat readiness, since it is already repeating the path that the armed forces of a number of countries have passed through the world. For example, the increase in the number of female military personnel in the US Army was associated wit ... Читать далее