여군인력의 효율적 활용을 위한 시론

Abstract

The gist of this paper is that change in the awareness of female soldiers should be made before applying the way of utilizing female soldiers argued by researchers. To this end, the same physical fitness testing standard should be applied to both male and female soldiers and awareness on the management of female soldiers, which is different from that of male soldiers should be changed as a natural welfare dimension. The change in the awareness enables us to differentiate the matters that should be applied equally to both male and female soldiers and matters that should be applied differently to female soldiers considering bodily difference and physical capability differently. The application of the same standard as male soldiers at the starting point to be a solider is a mandatory course for female soldiers to be not a ‘female’ solider but an independent soldier. However, naturally, there is bodily difference between men and women. Therefore, the difference should be respected systematically by the society at a welfare level. However, the respect for natural difference should not be translated into a way of marginalizing women. Women are also discriminated under the patriarchal organizational culture. One of the representative discriminations against women is that child caring and housework are the responsibility of women basically. Women face limitation to be an independent soldier due to discrimination against them under such cultural recognition. Accordingly, bodily difference aspect and cultural aspect should be considered together to solve the problem related to female soldiers. Moreover, if the strength of female soldiers which can be only found among female soldiers is applied to military leadership, female soldiers can be proud of themselves to be a female soldier. If the empirical evidence that demonstrates the “things of only women”, “language of only women” and “ability of women to defend others” as argued by Luce Irigaray is secured, it will be helpful to cite the strong points that only female soldiers have. That work has not been conducted under this paper, which is the limitation of this paper.