Why Dictators are Afraid of Girls: Rethinking Gender and National Security
In 1987, Argentinian mothers gathered to protest the disappearance of their sons and husbands at the hands of the authoritarian military junta. The movement served as a catalyst for a successful pro-democracy movement in Argentina that ended the Videla regime. Similarly, through public demonstrations of maternal grief, the Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers, which began in […] The post Why Dictators are Afraid of Girls: Rethinking Gender and National Security appeared first on War on the Rocks.
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In 1987, Argentinian mothers gathered to protest the disappearance of their sons and husbands at the hands of the authoritarian military junta. The movement served as a catalyst for a successful pro-democracy movement in Argentina that ended the Videla regime. Similarly, through public demonstrations of maternal grief, the Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers, which began in […]
The post Why Dictators are Afraid of Girls: Rethinking Gender and National Security appeared first on War on the Rocks.
