President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if she is confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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    TBF I think having more diversity in military leadership especially could lead to diversity of thought and help improve the US military as a whole, including pushing them towards a less war crime heavy future. I understand your point - I don’t even disagree, really - but I think this is also a genuinely good and newsworthy thing.

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      The problem is the system that creates this people, not what’s in their pants, though. It’s not like she’s suddenly not going to be part of the military industrial complex cause she’s got girl parts.

      And even if that were true, one person being different isn’t going to make that much of a difference.

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        the system that creates this people, not what’s in their pants

        True, but the system treats women pretty poorly, from what I’ve read and heard from a friend of mine who’s a woman in the military. Everyone’s different, but I hope that spending years in such a sexist system would inspire them to make change.

        one person being different isn’t going to make that much of a difference.

        I don’t mean to imply they alone will turn the US military based or anything, but being on the joint chiefs and head of the Navy means they could do a significant amount of good.

        Realistically I need to wait and see if she’ll actually be a net positive (assuming she actually gets the job) but I think it’s reasonable to see this as a good sign and approach it with cautious optimism - just as it’s reasonable to not care or roll your eyes.

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          I think it’s less of an onus of “she will fix everything because she’s a women” and more “a woman made it this far and thus things may change for the better”. But the problem is, when such misogynist (or racist, or whatever other -ist you want to think of) system exists, people who are mistreated by that system often have to accept and often promote that kind of system just to get to a position of power.

          It would definitely be nice if things changed for the better, but it’s going to take a hell of a lot more than one person at the top to make that change. And, for all I know that change is already happening, and is part of why Admiral Franchetti has gotten to the place she has.

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      TBF I think having more diversity in military leadership especially could lead to diversity of thought

      I love your optimism.