Lawmakers Furious After Female Soldiers In Ukraine Were Forced To Parade In High Heels
Fury in Ukraine after female soldiers made to march in high heels to practise for the Independence Day parade.
People around the globe have been slamming Ukrainian authorities after official pictures showed female soldiers practising for next month¡¯s military parade in heels instead of the usual army boots.
Fury in Ukraine after female soldiers made to march in high heels to practise for the Independence Day parade, sparking outrage among lawmakershttps://t.co/ogqLEjFLoX pic.twitter.com/ZGDQUAAa3z
¡ª Alfons L¨®pez Tena (@alfonslopeztena) July 3, 2021
The country is preparing for an official ceremony on 24 August to mark 30 years of its independence following the Soviet Union¡¯s breakup and the defence ministry released pictures of visibly fatigued female soldiers marching in mid-heel black footwear.
According to reports, cadet Ivanna Medvid said: "Today, for the first time, training takes place in heeled shoes. It is slightly harder than in army boots but we are trying."
This choice of footwear sparked a torrent of criticism on social media and in parliament, and led to accusations that women soldiers had been sexualised. Several Ukrainian lawmakers also showed up in parliament with pairs of shoes and encouraged the defence minister, Andrii Taran, to wear high heels to the parade.
Deputies of the European Solidarity party presented ?heels to defense Minister Andrii Taran.
¡ª Promote Ukraine (@PromoteUkraine) July 2, 2021
Thus, they expressed their indignation that for this year's parade before the ?? Independence Day, cadet girls are trained to military walk in heels.@IKlympush #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/fHQw6LLP5b
Inna Sovsun, a member of the Golos party, said: "It is hard to imagine a more idiotic, harmful idea," before adding that women soldiers were, like men, risking their lives and 'do not deserve to be mocked'.
People have been lashing out online and are dissing the blatant sexism in the country.
Disgusting that they are made to do this
¡ª Ruth Srebrenik (@RuthSrebrenik) July 3, 2021
WTF?!
¡ª Ken (@Muffs) July 3, 2021
The future of feminism seems compromised in Ukraine.
¡ª TadeoLabici (@TadeoLabici) July 3, 2021
Jesus?? this is crazy?? shocking stuff. Poor women!
¡ª Dr Fiachra Mclaughlin (@FiachraMclaugh3) July 3, 2021
More than 31,000 women serve in the Ukrainian armed forces, including more than 4,000 of whom are officers. This kind of sexism is beyond embarrassing to say the least.
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