In reality, the pioneers of this transformation of the indigenous Zapatista woman are a merit of the women insurgents.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.
In Afghanistan, we have had a history of very strong women, and we need to reclaim that history and talk about it.
I have found things that I could have done better in 'The Woman Warrior.' But then I thought: Let the work of one's youth just stand.
On the contrary, woman is the best equipped fighting machine that ever went to battle.
I think women are too valuable to be in combat.
The women of Afghanistan, left behind as their men fought, did what the women of World War II did - used their wits and resourcefulness to preserve some semblance of civilization.
The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving.
I have been watching how Indian women are forced to do certain things, as the stories of sacrifice and devotion in mythology demand from them. And then there are inspiring stories about women like the Rani of Jhansi that offer women refreshing role models.
Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their Chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.
Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but they are seldom or ever inventors.