I don't know if it's a male thing, but I've always been interested in how people respond to the stresses and dangers of war, how they react under fire.
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War has traditionally been a man's work, although we know that often women were the cause of violence.
When men talk about war, the stories and terminology vary - it's this battle, these weapons, this terrain. But no matter where you go in the world, women use the same language to speak of war. They speak of fire, they speak of death, and they speak of starvation.
Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.
Whether we like it or not, gender differences matter in a combat situation.
I am interested in how human beings react to crisis and conflict.
In the 360-degree battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, women have served honorably and fought valiantly. Yet there is a key difference between being in harm's way and reacting to enemy contact, and being in a direct combat operations role day in and day out. They are different scenarios that require different standards.
Until the masculine role is humanized, women will tend to be much better at solving dangerous conflicts.
In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity.
Journalists dedicate their lives to covering war - they make many personal sacrifices, and it's not something that's gender-based. In a place like Libya where there's heavy fighting, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman.
The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind.