While the typical terrorist of the 1960s tended to be an educated male from an upper-middle-class background, many left-wing terrorist groups in the 1960s and 1970s had prominent women active within these groups. Women have an extensive and complex history in political violence. 4.2 Organizations of female suicide bombers.1.1 Characteristics of female suicide bombers.This includes women having the element of surprise, a hesitancy to search females, increased publicity for female suicide bombing attacks, and the female stereotype as non-violent. There are many organizations, such as Boko Haram (which is the first group to use females in a majority of their suicide bombings and surpassed the Tamil Tigers in using more female suicide-bombers than any other terrorist group in history), ISIS, and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, that recently started using women as tools in their attacks, since they are normally viewed as less of a threat than their male counterparts. Through 1985–2006, 15% of all suicide attacks were conducted by female suicide bombers. Suicide bombers are normally viewed as male political radicals but since the 1960s female suicide attacks have been on the rise. Navy servicewoman poses as a captured female suicide bomber during the OPFOR exercise in Pearl Harbor, Hawaiiįemale suicide bombers are women who carry out a suicide attack, wherein the bomber kills herself while simultaneously killing targeted people.
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