Women in the Military

by Simon,Rita J.

• ISBN13: 9780765806192
• ISBN10: 0765806193
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-12-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The role, status, and treatment of women is one of the major issues confronting the military today. This volume provides a range of perspectives on the magnitude of concerns, the sources of problems, how issues might best be addressed, and the future for women in the armed services. Drawing upon social science research, historical data, and contemporary opinion surveys, Women in the Military is a cutting-edge assessment of a major gender issues in the United States.

Author Biography

Jerald G. Bachman is a Senior Research Investigator at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Marie Deyoung directs the Center for Women in Church and Society at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, where she facilitates leadership and academic programs. Jean Bethke Elshtain is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics at The University of Chicago Lorry M. Fenner is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United State Air Force. She is currently a member of the National War College faculty at The National Defense University, Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C., where she teaches courses on Military History and Strategy Peter Freedman-Doan is a Research Associate at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. Laura L. Miller is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles Brenda L. Moore is Associate Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Buffalo Patrick M. O'Malley is a Senior Research Investigator at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research William L. O'Neill is a professor of history at Rutgers University David R. Segal is Professor of Sociology, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, and Director of the Center for Research on Military Organization at the University of Maryland. Mady Wechsler Segal is Professor of Sociology and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland, as well as a faculty affiliate of the Women's Studies Program and Associate Director of the Center for Research on Military Organization. Rita James Simon is University Professor in the School of Public Affairs and the Washington College of Law at American University Judith Hicks Stiehm is Professor of Political Science at Florida International University Schuyler C. Webb is a research psychologist and Commander in the United States Navy

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
Rita J. Simon
Either You Need These Women or You Do Not: Informing the Debate on Military Service and Citizenship	5	(28)
Lorry M. Fenner
Women and War: Ten Years On	33	(16)
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Gender and the Propensity to Enlist in the U.S. Military	49	(22)
Mady W. Segal
David R. Segal
Jerald G. Bachman
Peter Freedman-Doan
Patrick M. O'Malley
Army Opinions about Women in the Army	71	(12)
Judith Hicks Stiehm
Equal Opportunity in the U.S. Navy: Perceptions of Active-Duty African American Woman	83	(20)
Brenda L. Moore
Schuyler C. Webb
Feminism and the Exclusion of Army Women from Combat	103	(32)
Laura L. Miller
Sexuality: Histories, Behaviors, and Lifestyles that Impact Unit Readiness and Cohesion	135	(36)
Marie de Young
Women and Readiness	171	(26)
William O'Neill
About the Contributors	197