I think you've been given very good answers.

So far, nobody has been able to give me a sufficient answer as to why God would guide a woman to be a general in the military? Is her case merely a misinterpreted impression of feminism, or is gender equality good after all? The world may never know...

I think a few great female generals were Isabel of Spain and Marie Therese of the Austrian Empinre.  

So you think that women are just as meant for the military as men? Are women meant to be in the workforce just as much as men as well?

Watch out being against a woman like Isabel of Spain. She played for keeps. 

Watch out being against a woman like Isabel of Spain. She played for keeps.

So you do think that it is just as much of a woman's place to be in the military as it is a man's?

Nooseph - conveniently, I was as well recently thinking about the possible complication that St. Joan of arc presents and that you described(joan being an ace in the hole for feminists).  But, as I read about her life the other day, I don't think so, and I think she is quite amazing.  It is somewhat mysterious, and likely way over the head of feminists and beyond the scope of this keyboard.  But, the "math" does add up imo concerning St. Joan.  

And, if anyone digs a bit deeper, they will find that St. Joan is not promoting what we see going on in modern female society.  

I suggest that you thoroughly familiarize yourself with St. Joan(buy the authoritative/traditional text(s) on her life) and when that conversation comes up with feminists, you can in all charity accurately explain who she was and why she is exalted by God.  I think you ought to develop a devotion to St. Joan in order to strengthen your arguments.  Because, I don't disagree with them, and I don't think St. Joan would either.  Remember, she did all of this because of supernatural visions.  If the visions had not been, she would have been at home spinning if I recall correctly.  

Nooseph - conveniently, I was as well recently thinking about the possible complication that St. Joan of arc presents and that you described(joan being an ace in the hole for feminists).  But, as I read about her life the other day, I don't think so, and I think she is quite amazing.  It is somewhat mysterious, and likely way over the head of feminists and beyond the scope of this keyboard.  But, the "math" does add up imo concerning St. Joan.  

And, if anyone digs a bit deeper, they will find that St. Joan is not promoting what we see going on in modern female society.  

I suggest that you thoroughly familiarize yourself with St. Joan(buy the authoritative/traditional text(s) on her life) and when that conversation comes up with feminists, you can in all charity accurately explain who she was and why she is exalted by God.  I think you ought to develop a devotion to St. Joan in order to strengthen your arguments.  Because, I don't disagree with them, and I don't think St. Joan would either.  Remember, she did all of this because of supernatural visions.  If the visions had not been, she would have been at home spinning if I recall correctly.  

Which websites/books have you read about St. Joan? Although I understand the part about her being similar to a cheerleader, I still think she seems to be an exalted military woman most peoples' eyes, and her being the patron saint of similar roles doesn't help much in this regard.