A Farewell to Arms but the struggle continues

Military training, then as now, emphasises the importance of being individually and collectively able to do what is required. Hitler and his followers implemented eugenicist ideas and solutions to the problem of what to do with people who did not meet society’s norms, and they did so with great effi...

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Published inDiversity and equality in health and care Vol. 11; no. 4
Main Authors McGee, Paula, Johnson, Mark RD
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Milton Keynes IMedPub 01.01.2014
Subjects
Discrimination
Excuses
Rape
Social justice
Stigma
Europe
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Summary:Military training, then as now, emphasises the importance of being individually and collectively able to do what is required. Hitler and his followers implemented eugenicist ideas and solutions to the problem of what to do with people who did not meet society’s norms, and they did so with great efficiency, on an industrial scale. The more we learn about differences between us, the more categories we have to choose from, but the fact remains that, throughout the world, some human beings are deemed less worthy, less valuable than others because of some characteristic that is perceived to separate ‘them’ from ‘us’ and which incurs stigma, suffering, violence, discrimination and death. [...]people do not welcome the exposure of social injustice; they would rather it remained hidden and wrap their excuses for keeping it so in terms of ‘cost’.
ISSN:2049-5471
2049-5471
2049-548X
DOI:10.21767/2049-5471.1000e5