There is a danger that discussions of and by women on being against war would perpetuate essentialist stereotype. It should be made clear that women are against war not on the basis of biological determinism, but as a political choice. The idea that all women are naturally against war is also misleading because there are women who hold the values of militarism, racism, cultural imperialism and other forms of domination as a means of social control. As a political stance, being anti-war takes a transformation at the level of the psyche, changing from a state of passive acceptance to active resistance.
