Serendipper
You have a point there. We cannot know what they were thinking. But we might be able to imagine why they joined.
- To serve their country.
- To make more money to send home than they or their husband could at home. (not sure of that though).
- To have a chance to go to a good college or university. The Armed Forces sometimes offers that.
- To prove their mettle and to transcend their fears.
- Because they have come to realize that this is not a man’s world anymore and they choose to follow the same spirit which brought the man into the Armed Forces.
- To get away from the kids. (with tongue in cheek).
Equal rights means equal sharing of the responsibilities which once belonged to the man.
…among other possible reasons.
Aside from that, no matter what the cause, there can be great risk to them.
I might suggest that many if not most of them give this decision a lot of thought.
To answer your question, it would depend on the situation and circumstances.
Women who join the Armed Forces because they believe that they are fighting for freedom or liberty ARE in effect serving humanity!
It would be a risk, yes, but the question would be what kind of a risk?
An insane one for no good reason except for a cheap thrill or to try to impress people or one that is reasonable (even though to some may seem impracticle) that would serve the greater good or perhaps save someone.
For instance, someone who is not a lifeguard or a skilled swimmer but reasonably skilled who runs into the ocean to save a child. That is a risk worth taking.
Oh, please. Do you think that men are not afraid of a poor little spider?
Personally I like spiders. I do not kill them. If one gets into my house, I try to get it outside without damaging it.
Who could want to kill something which creates such great masterpieces like the spider webs which hang between trees. Have you ever take a really good look at a big spider’s web?
Your punishment from the gods perhaps?
Are you possibly being facetious? I hate to even ask.
But I am curious about it? Is wheelbarrow a metaphor for something or are you one of those hard-working important members of society - a farmer?
Hmmm…What is it that they say one makes of him/her -self when they assume?
As I said somewhere above this post, discretion is the better part of valor.
Different circumstances decide different choices of behavior.
Anyway, I would be curious to know what you mean by “You don’t display the same valor on here”
That is your own subjective thinking and lack of knowledge. I will not ask you to read some of my posts as time may not allow it.
We choose our battles and our war. It also depends on what we value and hold meaningful.
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I am not so sure about that. There are many cowards in this world. We do have a choice and some do not make them and regret it and some make them and regret it. Perhaps we see no choice because we do not always have the time to think things out.
But of course if you are talking about a dire emergency than I do understand what you are talking about.
What is it that you think allows a person that kind of courage which is generally under fire?
Basic humanity, compassion, the unconscious instinct to perpetuate humanity, ad continuum?
Needless risks is kind of like beauty - they are in the eyes of the beholder.
We do not all live in the same perception of reality and experience and sensate things in the same way.
But I will grant you that there are things which are needlessly risky but again that is just to you and me and him and her…
We would have to know and understand another’s personal history and psyche in order to under why someone would take needless risks or any kind of risks for that matter.