Why are women recruited?
Norway is one of the "advanced" countries in the world, where women, like men, pull the belt together. Together with Israel, North Korea and Malaysia.
Yes, yes, girls have also been conscripted into the army since 2016. Duration 7 to 19 months. However, since the early 1990s, Norwegian women have been able to volunteer for military service. Gender equality accounts for about a quarter of all Norwegian military personnel.
The Norwegian army enlisted
Interestingly, local authorities explain that the reason for the recruitment of women in the Norwegian armed forces is not only the lack of young fighters. Rather than a constant threat from some enemy, such as the same Israelis or North Koreans.
In Norway, it is simply assumed that the sexes should be equal in everything. Including the defence of the Homeland. Even in NATO, Norway recruits women into the army, which is unique! That's equality between men and women...
Norwegian conscripts even went to Afghanistan with these men
By the way, young Norwegians are not free from military service. Instead, they aspire to join the military because they see service as an excellent social uplift and a great opportunity to get rid of parental care. Finally, Norwegians can also become officers (or more accurately, officers).
In the Norwegian army, women perform exactly the same tasks as men. They receive exactly the same training in the boot camp.
At the same time, unlike many other armed forces, in Norway, soldiers of different genders not only serve side by side, but also live, eat, sleep, wash, spend the night, in fact, all in the same barracks! In the same bedroom!
The decision to merge male and female barracks was made more cautiously by Norwegian male soldiers. However, all men agree... Nevertheless, equality in Norwegian society has been firmly established.
In the Norwegian army, girls serve on an equal footing with boys.
It is believed to have become more comfortable with the appearance of ladies in the barracks. But local officials have not documented a large number of cases of harassment of female soldiers.
- At first, it was strange to serve with the girls or even live in a military barracks,—— the Norwegian soldiers themselves shared in interviews with local media. However, gradually everyone got used to it. As for the entanglement - in the service, the commander brought us here, which was not easy ... At night, I will go to bed as soon as possible! In addition, the mainland prohibits any romantic relationship in the military. Here, we are all just soldiers!
In addition, it turns out that in difficult military conditions, men most often see women among combat comrades and colleagues. And it is by no means the object of desire. Tea, no army is for you, even Norwegians!
However, they say there are still no cases of unwanted pregnancies in the Norwegian army, no, yes, they did happen. So the soldiers and commanders here are playing a game: who will win over whom. You see, the birth rate in Norway is going to increase in this way. :)
Curiously, due to widespread Norwegian liberalism, conscripts did not have to cut their hair and play soldiers. Because local regulations allow men and women to have long hair while serving. Collect only at the tail.
A girl pulling a webbing in the Norwegian army
Now the unisex service in Norway is considered a very good and successful experiment.
Practice has shown that women are no worse than men in coping with military conditions, or even better than men. contain. Due to the low natural sensitivity to pain. And the lack of "fear brakes" for most women – yes, women may be stronger than men, it's just that nature doesn't teach them to stop in time for the fight.
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Dear readers, do you think that the Russian army can introduce this practice of joint service, and this experiment will end in our way?