I believe in peace not war, but I’m rational enough to know the world just doesn’t work like that and there’s a minimum military that each country needs to maintain. In Australia if we want more people to join the way to do it is to make it a better environment. Examples of military culture like whistleblowers going to jail, Ben Roberts-Smith saga, hazing, attitudes to women etc; it’s not an attractive proposition to most normal people when thinking about careers.
I’ve been seeing a ton of ads promoting women in the ADF, so they seem to be pushing quite hard to change that. Whether they’re actually doing anything in practice, or it’s just a giant marketing budget and a lecture about inclusivity is anyone’s guess. I’m not even a woman, but at least based on my internal stereotype of the average dude in the military, I would feel really out of place and depply uncomfortable, and that’s ignoring the whole killing people thing. Although I could probably be convinced to join a supporting role or something in the DVA
I believe in peace not war, but I’m rational enough to know the world just doesn’t work like that and there’s a minimum military that each country needs to maintain. In Australia if we want more people to join the way to do it is to make it a better environment. Examples of military culture like whistleblowers going to jail, Ben Roberts-Smith saga, hazing, attitudes to women etc; it’s not an attractive proposition to most normal people when thinking about careers.
I’ve been seeing a ton of ads promoting women in the ADF, so they seem to be pushing quite hard to change that. Whether they’re actually doing anything in practice, or it’s just a giant marketing budget and a lecture about inclusivity is anyone’s guess. I’m not even a woman, but at least based on my internal stereotype of the average dude in the military, I would feel really out of place and depply uncomfortable, and that’s ignoring the whole killing people thing. Although I could probably be convinced to join a supporting role or something in the DVA
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