China also has a lot of women in the armed forces, too:
Women in Chinese military
Published on Jan 28, 2013
Chinese women comprise about 7.5 percent of total military personnel in the PLA . Though most women soldiers still serve in traditional women roles or in military support positions, more women soldiers appear on positions that involved dangerous tasks. In 2009, the first batch of female jet fighter pilots, aged 21 to 24, graduated after 44 months of training. There are also women serve in Marine Corps, Special Forces, drug criminal police, etc. At the same time, women soldiers began to appear in public through mass media more often. During the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China military parade, the marching group formed by female soldiers caught much attention. All of the women soldiers were marching in short miniskirts and white leather boots through Tiananmen Square. The group of female soldiers consists of troops from the army, the navy and the air force, which makes it the biggest marching group in the modern history of military parades anywhere in the world. According to China's state channel, CCTV, the requirement for female participation in the commemorating parade was being "brave, beautiful and elegant" altered from being just "brave".
Chinese Female Soldiers and Militias
Chinese Beautiful Pink Army March Past 中華人民共和國國慶
Chinese women brave broken bottles to become bodyguards
Miscellaneous photo of boys and girls at a training camp:
There's something for everyone there.