Yin-Yang Workshop - Militarily incorrect women citizens

For Andrée Michel the race for weapons is only the tip of the iceberg, whose immersed strata are composed of political power games for gaining supremacy, economic power games for gaining in economic competition through exploitation and finally at the base, a patriarchal culture that is founded on structures of hierarchy and domination. Deglorifying the myth of war and the warrior represents the first necessary step towards building a culture of peace. The arms race is the surest means for Western countries to maintain their hegemony over countries of the South, and justify perpetuating the IMC (Industrial Military Consortiums) and the sale of arms. However peoples' well-being and security are not linked to the level of armament and many countries yearly increase their military budget to the detriment of social security and education.
Moreover, nuclear firms and the IMC understood the necessity for controlling information to protect their interests. Thus censorship, the lack of information or control of it are normal practices The channels controlled by the IMC are flooded with television series that justify violence and virility. The television, second means of socialisation after school, becomes an instrument for teaching violence and sexism.
Equal participation of women in politics can change the course of war policies and taking recourse to violence to settle conflicts. Feminists have always demanded the reduction of military expenditure to the benefit of social and health programmes. The replacement of war by negotiation, the creation and respect for an effective International Law, the installation of a law enfor-cement office by granting independent powers to a Permanent International Penal Court are other means for heading towards a peaceful resolution of conflicts.