So your argument, then, is that I should ignore that these women, by taking up arms in such a sexist time, are, in fact, exceptional and trailblazing, instead reducing them to genderless ‘partisans’, thereby implicitly reducing and obscuring the role of women in pre-21st century warfare as countless writers and observers have before me, taking the opportunity to reinforce patriarchal illusions of force and power in historical movements?
So your argument, then, is that I should ignore that these women, by taking up arms in such a sexist time, are, in fact, exceptional and trailblazing, instead reducing them to genderless ‘partisans’, thereby implicitly reducing and obscuring the role of women in pre-21st century warfare as countless writers and observers have before me, taking the opportunity to reinforce patriarchal illusions of force and power in historical movements?
No.
Or maybe you could have used the word “women” but guess that’s too hard…