I don't think the article is well-written. It says "she isn't the story", but she literally is. It gives a feeling as if it shouldn't have been written yet still had to be.

It's good that she's a helicopter pilot and it's just idiotic of some of her male colleagues to be sexist towards her. One would expect that in a do or die situation as they are, that sexism would have even less place. Aren't they struggling to find recruits? Why push away candidates eager to join that don't fit the mould? It shouldn't be one female instructor encouraging her but the entire army. One for all, all for one.

But I write this from the comfort of a soft chair in the west. My ideals mean nothing as I'm not in the Ukrainian army. I donate and that's all I do. Good luck to the soldiers. Even if some are sexist, I don't have the balls they have to join the army and fight against Russia.

Slava Ukraini.

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

Obviously, those who make the types of sexist remarks as documented in the article don't see their behavior as problematic. The guy offering to help probably sees it as just that. Similarly, at the school, discouraging women is probably seen as caring for their safety or whatever.