GI Jane
Women in military positions is an issue that has been very controversial for many years. Today, the typical occupational field of female service members is mainly administrative or medical but filmmakers are attempting to show otherwise. In the 1997 hit movie "G.I. Jane," directed by Ridley Scott, one female whose determination reaches heights beyond anyone's expectations smashes this image of females in the military. The portrayal of women in the movie "G.I. Jane" not only suggests that women can do anything the military men can do but also shows some political corruption and manipulation.Historically, female military members served as primarily medical doctors, nurses, typists, translators, seamstresses and other clerical occupations. There were a few instances where women did seem to have an interest in joining the men in infantry type positions during the World War II era, but all attempts to enlist were denied. The roles women played in the military were very important and essential for support of the armed forces but limitations were soon challenged. The women in some areas of the military, (ie. The Navy Nurse Corps), were not even given a rank equivalent to those of the men, and in 1942 President Roosevelt approved
60% of all candidates fail, drop out, or are invalided off the course leaving the toughest, best-trained force to complete (Schlafly 127). O'Neil enlisted into the United States Navy in the past but was denied because she was a woman. He wallops O'Neil in the face, shoves her head underwater until she gasps for air, kicks her down a flight of stairs - and in an earlier version screened by reviewers but subsequently removed - even proceeds to sexually assault her from behind in the plain view of the rest of the platoon (Donnelly 1). It is the toughest, most barbaric military training known on the planet, involving physical and mental abuse, live fire training and the most psychotic instructors still in service after the Waffen SS. Women have come a long way and are continuing to fight to ensure women get the same treatment as their male counterparts. She shaves her head, some say to rid her of the feminine image, and looks very strapping but maintains a strange feministic character. Toward the end of the film, Master Chief Urgayle is shot and injured and O'Neil risks her life by running into the enemy line of fire to carry Urgayle to safety and succeeds. abolish the stereotype that men and women are different, and to make Americans believe the myth that women can perform in combat just like men, even in the toughest branch of the service, the Navy SEALS.
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