International Women's Day Gifts
"Let me give you a little gift. Write the accounts of your exes, and we will meet them at recruiting points.""And remember -- a real man must have a military ID.""[Russian women should be surrounded by] real defenders, not only protecting the Motherland, but you [as women] as well."Colonel Yuri Khromov, military commissariat, Northwestern Russia"I thank all women doctors, paramedics, nurses and nannies -- everyone who rescues and takes care of patients in the 'red zones' as part of ambulance crews, in hospitals and clinics.""It has long been known that sensitivity, empathy, and an attentive, kind attitude are sometimes as much needed as medicine."Russian President Vladimir Putin
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For women interested in having their ex-boyfriends "sorted out", a solution was brought to the public by a Russian colonel suggesting that women forward their ex-boyfriends' details. A helpful suggestion just in time for International Women's Day. The video recommending this action as a solution for women left with a grievance, which would just incidentally give an assistance to army recruitment drives was sent out via video on the official Instagram account of the Leningrad region.
All women had to do to become involved was to share the social media user-names of their exes to enable the army to do the rest of the job, enrolling their men in the army. Under Russian law men aged 18 to 27 are obliged to do a year of military service. It seems that some men take steps to avoid service, obligatory or not. So what a neat way to get women involved, offering them the opportunity to 'get back' at their former exes, while rendering a service to Mother Russia.
And in the best of all possible worlds, the military service would instill discipline in otherwise lax-charactered young Russian men, teach them respect for authority, discipline -- while instilling in them an appreciation for the world and their lifestyle outside of the military by comparison and perhaps leading them to reconsider their past treatment of their erstwhile sweethearts.
Colonel Khromov, thoughtful man that he obviously is, linked this service to women as "a gift for women" to have their ex boyfriends "taken care of", while linking the said service to the army's recruitment drive. Beating the frightened prey out of the bushes of concealment, so to speak and in the process making men out of irresponsible boys.
Domestic violence is a widespread problem in Russia. A misfortune for women that has increased dramatically during the pandemic, according to activists who claim that a fifth of all women in Russia have been physically abused by a partner. It takes a day set aside by decree of the United Nations to annually focus on the role of women in society. A day of appreciation. Artificial to be sure, but perhaps helpful.
Even if the impetus arises from a flawed international body that sees nothing dysfunctional about electing to their various committees human rights abusers, from misanthropic and misogynistic cultures in countries known for ignoring human rights and the rights of women, like Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran, to extended bodies of the UN such as the Human Rights Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women.
No one, however, could deny the sincerity of the voice that expressed the appreciation of the importance of women's roles in preserving traditional family values in Russia when Vladimir Putin praised female medical workers in reflection of their "healing spiritual support".
Labels: International Women's Day, Military Recruitment, Russia
posted by Pieface @ Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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