Why do men and women live together in the Norwegian army?

First of all, the Norwegian government’s policy stipulates that conscription does not differentiate between men and women, and women are also obliged to serve in the military for a certain period of time. In addition, women’s military service will help them find jobs and become one of the employment advantages. The number of female soldiers in Norway is very considerable. There have even been four female defense ministers in the Norwegian army. Behind all this is Norway’s call for equality between men and women. In recent years, the mixed housing of men and women in military camps has a series of benefits. For example, saving funds for dormitory construction, promoting gender equality, reducing sexual harassment, enhancing comradeship, etc.

In order to make male and female soldiers in the army get along more harmoniously and have a better understanding when performing tasks, the Norwegian army specially allocated male and female soldiers to the same dormitory in proportion. This also means that male and female soldiers must eat and live together in the military camp. At first, this distribution method caused a lot of doubts. According to the Norwegian military, in order to reduce sexual harassment in the military, the military has specially set up "mixed" bedrooms so that female soldiers and male soldiers can live in the same room. At present, this measure has achieved satisfactory results. This is the first European country to enact a gender-neutral military service policy in peacetime. Therefore, soldiers in Norway live together with men and women.

Since Norway has a relatively small population, their army requires men and women of appropriate age to serve in the army; they are also very positive about military life in the army. Young men and women go to the military camp mainly to realize their own value. Learn the spirit of solidarity and mutual help. There is a rule in Norwegian military camps that both male and female soldiers live together. Norwegian society also focuses on the implementation of the concept of gender equality. It is believed that men and women serving as soldiers is a process of implementing gender equality. Male and female soldiers live together. It seems incredible to us and we think there will be a lot of inconvenience.

In fact, the new male and female soldiers in Norway were very embarrassed and shy when they were first assigned to live together in the dormitory. After a while, they let go and there was never any scandal. In fact, the purpose of the military is to let them live together. Only when they live together can they achieve a higher tacit understanding, and men and women can work together without getting tired. Yes, the Norwegian army has mixed gender housing and there has never been some scandal. They told us with facts that there is no need to worry about the shadows slanting when one is upright, and it is no problem for men and women to live together in the military camp. Even some small problems at the beginning can be solved and understood.

For this reason, the "gender equality" and "de-genderization" advocated by the military are particularly important in this mixed-gender housing model. In the military camp, male and female soldiers receive the same intensity of training and have the same standards. Under the interaction of their personal values ????and military regulations, the scandals that people speculate will almost never happen. The Norwegian army has also proved with facts that men will not have any affection for female soldiers who have undergone the same intensity of training and live under the same roof as them. After the initial embarrassing period, there is only brotherhood and friendship between them. Comradeship.

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