Posted on 07/04/2021 10:50:05 AM PDT by 11th_VA
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine’s defense minister is under pressure from members of the government over the decision to have female military cadets wear pumps with heels in an important parade.
“The purpose of any military parade is to demonstrate the military ability of the army. There should be no room for stereotypes and sexism,” said a joint statement from three Cabinet members, including Minister of Veterans Affairs Yulia Laputina.
The statement followed last week’s announcement about the footwear in the parade planned for Aug. 24, the 30th anniversary of Ukraine’s declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
It noted that about 57,000 women serve in the country’s armed forces and “have proved their worth not in heels, but with machine guns.
Defense Minister Andriy Taran on Saturday said he had instructed officials to look into whether “experimental” shoes — ankle boots, according to news reports — could be worn by the female cadets instead of the pumps with heels.
The military offered no explanation as to why female cadets were wearing a different type of shoe than male cadets.
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In the US it’s the males that want to parade in heels.
Those same people demand that men in the US military wear high heels.
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/04/22/temple-rotc-criticized-for-wearing-high-heels/
Now I’ve seen everything. I think.
Yes. Next time make it heels and short skirts.
Upperclasswomen in stilettos?
They would look okay in any uniform. The Israeli’s may have some competition for hot women in uniform. Nice to see women’s dress uniforms that don’t try to make women look like men.
> Ukraine’s defense minister is under pressure from members of the government over the decision to have female military cadets wear pumps with heels in an important parade. <
Maybe Hunter Biden requested this. If so, blame him and not the defense minister.
Not til you click on the story in post #5
Ukraine has beautiful women, and they know it.
In the US, we don't apologize for making the men wear high heels.
They leave the West behind.
What no fishnet?? Maybe they can borrow some from our army’s command staff.
"RIGHT! You'd better make sure I can hear those heels clacking!"
Nice legs.
We have an assistant secretary of health who has a mental disease and parades as a female, a senile walking cadaver pretending to be a president, and these clowns are worried about this? Scotty, beam me up!
LOL !!!
It is agreed among the United Nations that all wars will be fought while wearing heels from now on.
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