with regard to my project....

After talking during my last meeting I have definately decided to go ahead with using projections of war images onto women to begin my project. For instance, as we discussed, using a pregnant woman or a woman with child, having a vilolent war photo projected onto her in some way.... I have also talked to some people and have been reading some books. I have discovered that women, although they are issued guns and are overseas they are not allowed to be in any combat. They in some cases are not allowed off the base. I am working to deal with the question, "why?" Or, another question or statement I am thinking about is, "why should they be in combat?" (Once again I am not trying to take a definate stance.)
As quoted in one of the books I am reading, One of the Guys, "it's evident that , as a culture, we do not yet understand how to think about women in the military - much less women in combat." It also brings up the thought, or question, (concerning the women soldiers at Abu Ghraib torturing the POWs)..were theses women "more or less feminine than the general population of women? They are likely representative, within the same range of girly to tough as any other sector." "How is the military training shaping women's understanding of themselves in relation to male soldiers, female soldiers, and citizens of the countries where they are deployed? How are women functioning symbolically in the broader debate?"