In the United States, there is the world's largest number of female soldiers - 300,000. Although it likes to fight in the south and the north, the hard work of female soldiers cannot be underestimated!
In Israel, there are the world's highest number of female soldiers - 50,000, there are world esteemed as "sexiest female soldiers", 20% of female soldiers are willing to serve for life, what does this mean?
In North Korea, there are 180,000 female soldiers out of a million male soldiers, and although the conditions are difficult, they are proud to be soldiers!
Even stranger, there are 3 countries in the world that require women to perform military service: Malaysia, Israel and Norway.
Today, let's talk about Norwegian female soldiers!
Norway, which means "road to the north", is one of the five Nordic countries, with many islands, known as the "country of ten thousand islands", bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, and the capital is Oslo.
Norway is a highly developed capitalist country, but also a highly industrialized country, the oil industry is an important pillar of the national economy, is the largest oil producer in Western Europe and the world's eleventh largest oil exporter.
Norway has a total population of 5.29 million and is made up of 96% Norwegians and 4% Sami. There are about 16,000 active military personnel, and a total of about 130,000 people can be mobilized in the reserve in wartime.
Norway was one of the pioneers of the modern high-welfare state, advocating gender equality and being one of the first countries in the world to promote gender equality.
As early as 1978, Norway introduced the Gender Equality Act, which guaranteed women the same opportunities as men in education, employment and career development.
So it's not hard to see why Norway has to implement compulsory military service. Since we advocate equality between men and women, it is the responsibility of men and women to defend the country!
Since 2016, women of appropriate age have had to perform compulsory military service for 7-19 months.
In the early 1990s, there was a voluntary closure of services (military service).
Currently, a quarter of Norwegian police officers are women. The reason why female soldiers are recruited is because there are no young soldiers defending the country in times of crisis, and it is believed that it is the duty of the state to defend the country regardless of gender.
Norwegian women were not prevented from serving in the army, but actively served. They see this as a good opportunity to strengthen their position in society. In addition, female employees have the opportunity to be promoted to officers. They take on all the training and responsibilities like men in the army.
The Norwegian army is unique compared to other countries: here everyone sleeps in the same unit, eats and drinks together, bathes together. The male officers were wary of the joint forces, but nothing terrible happened. Seems more comfortable. Very few incidents of harassment have been reported.
The Norwegian male soldier confessed: "At first I was very uncomfortable, living in the same class as the girls. But soon everyone got used to it. There was no opportunity to bully or pressure anyone, and the commander kept assigning me tasks, so I thought about sleeping as soon as I entered the classroom. Any love issue is not allowed. Here, we are all the same soldiers," he said.
In the course of the study, it became clear that male servicemen saw women as comrades who fought side by side in tough military combat conditions. Of course, there are many cases of unwanted pregnancies in the military around the world, but norway is rare, and it can be said that there are almost none.
In addition, Norwegian female soldiers do not need to shave their heads during their service. Long hair is allowed, and most importantly it must be tied up or braided.
It turns out that Norwegian female soldiers are trained to perform no less than men in actual combat. In some cases, even better, for example, their ability to innately overcome disease sets an example for men.