Much of the world has been stirred by the courage and determination of the Ukrainian people as they fight the Russian oppressor.
Marvin Westwood, an emeritus professor of counselling psychology at UBC, has spent three decades working with veterans, expresses compassion for the men of Ukraine and elsewhere. They are confronted with horrible options.
“War is a setback for gender equality. There’s still this bias around the world. It’s socialized in almost every country that guys are supposed to be the ones who fight. The highest value is that men don’t need protection; they protect everybody else. But many men don’t necessarily want to fight.”
Do what Canada does and make the armed forces viable for transgenders only.
