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Steihm, J.H. (1996). It's Our Military, Too! Women and the U.S. Military. Pennsylvania: Temple University Press.
This book is central to studies on gender discrimination and institutionalized sexism in the American military. Given that the Commander in Chief is an elected official, and that more than half of all voters are women, it makes sense that women should have a greater say in the organizational culture of the military. However, the organizational culture of the military is stubbornly misogynistic and shows no real signs of change in spite of great inroads being made by female combatants. Although this book was published in 1996, the themes that run through each of the essays continue to be relevant. The book addresses gender discrimination from nearly every aspect of its manifestation in the military: from differential medical care benefits to sexual harassment. Steihm (1996) shows how women can confront institutionalized sexism, overcome it, and work towards...
Gender equality in the military will also lead to a stronger military.
2. United States Army (2012). Women in the U.S. Army. Web site: http://www.army.mil/women/
Although lacking critical inquiry and insight into the actual conditions under which female officers work, the official United States Army (2012) website should be used as a general reference. The Website reveals the military's official stance on women in the army, albeit presented in an idealistic light. In fact, what the U.S. Army Website omits from its discussion are as revealing as what it includes. While justly glorifying the service accolades of women throughout American military history, the Army makes no mention of the structural discrimination and double standards that continue to plague women -- not to mention rape and sexual harassment issues. This website is critical for inclusion in the research because it shows how the Army creates…
Although the author does not focus exclusively on women in the military, Katz (2005) does spend a great deal of time on the gender discrimination manifesting in the military environment. The military organization offers ample opportunities for discrimination because it is a "old boys club," and unapologetically so. Changing the organizational culture of the military is no small job, but it must happen little by little with the help of legal counsel.
5. Korb, L. & Arons, J. (2012). Women in military deserve better care. Politico. Retrieved online: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81604.html#ixzz2DFonDhQL
This article discusses the lack of access to health care services for women in the military. The statistics included in the article are alarming. "According to the Pentagon's own data, 52 military women are raped every day, and we estimate that more than 300 women are likely to become pregnant from rape in the military each year," (Korb & Arons, 2012, p. 1). Without access to abortions, many women are forced to carry an unwanted child to term.
). The Navy also established institutions to particularly cater for women wishing to enter the service. It recruited women into the Navy Women's Reserve, which was known as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), in 1942. More than 80,000 such women served the military in occupations relating to communications, intelligence, supply, medicine and administration. The Marine Corps Women's Reserve was created in 1943. Women in this establishment held jobs such as
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