As I Hear the Bell Tolls

Abdullah earned a PhD degree in economics from Georgia State University and an MBA degree from Western Kentucky University. He travelled places in Europe, the Carribean, and the USA. His doctoral dissertation title was 'Impact of globalization on micro-determinants of industrial agglomeration: The case of U.S. manufactruing industries, 1988-2003'. His blogging interest includes current events analysis, globalization and its impact on sustainable development in regions and countries.

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Reflections on Valentine's Day

As we may recall, St. Valentine volunteered to be the wedding-priest for Roman soldiers required by the job rules to remain bachelor. So, so what it is that used to prompt employers to impose marital restrictions on workers of different professions-soldiers, air hosts and hostesses, nurses, athletes etc.? Why do various religious establishements continue the legacy by requiring clerics to 'officially celibate' . It is understandable that a profit maximizing employer would prmiarily care about profit maximization. So, I always wondered, is a bachelor soldier more employable, because, he is supposedly "more productive" (possess a higher level of killer instinct?!) than a married soldier? Is a bachelor nurse or air hostess is more employable because she seem to be more caring and pateint than her married colleague? Or, because she is less likely to get pregnant and be off-duty? Now, it is hard to tell about the impact of relationship on spiritual motivation. Do married clerics consistently show less focus on god and more on home-goddess? I do not know. But, if a married soldier become more domesticated and so, become lesser of a killing machine, I would like to be the devil's advocate to promote necessary modifications in the recruitment policies that would require all subnational, national and international defense forfces' to recruit only married people as soldiers I know, it sounds discriminating. It will reverse the traditional course where marriages are being followed by jobs. But, for world peace, I believe the social burden of this 'positive' discrimination will not be unbearable.

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