Victory for Women in the Military: Sexist Religious Posters Removed from Air Force Base

[trotsky]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/victory-for-women-in-the-military-sexist-religious_us_58b49e61e4b0e5fdf61975e3

...The posters, which were first brought to the attention of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) by an Air Force officer (who was joined by fifteen other USAF officer, NCO, and civilian clients, nine of whom were women) because the messages on two of the seven, as the officer put it, "clearly advocate a higher value in religious Airmen over non-religious Airmen, and communicate a necessity for religious faith to be successful as Airmen,” which, as the officer noted, was a violation of Air Force Instruction 1-1, Section 2.12 of which states (emphasis added):

“Leaders at all levels … must ensure their words and actions cannot reasonably be construed to be officially endorsing or disapproving of, or extending preferential treatment for any faith, belief, or absence of belief.”

But, as the officer also noted, the message that religious airmen were superior to non-religious airmen wasn't the only problem with these posters. With the quotes on all seven posters coming from a completely outdated Red Scare era Air Force Manual from 1955, the posters were also blatantly sexist.

As the officer said of one of the religious quotes – a quote that included the line "It is only a man of deep convictions, a man of deep faith, who will make the sacrifices needed to save his manhood" – this “harkens back to days of male dominance in the Air Force, and is not appropriate.”

So often it seems the battles against religious privilege and the patriarchy are one and the same.

[Lordquinton]

1. Sad how religion and sexism far too often

go hand in hand.

[Goblinmonger]

2. It's like it's 1950

How does this stuff still keep popping up?