The First Wave

Gender Integration and Military Culture

Bibliographic Data

ID2340123
AuthorsRegina F Titunik (University of Hawaii at Hilo, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume26
Issue2
Pages229-257
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0095327x0002600204
OpenAlexW2091774195
LanguageEN
Citations received28

A number of sexual harassment scandals in the United States armed forces have come to public attention in recent years. Commentators on these scandals have suggested that the incidents are not anomalous, but reflect an institutional culture that generates hostility toward women. The military culture, it is supposed, fosters aggression that is turned against female service members. This article questions such views of the military. It examines the activity of war and its requisites and shows that the military does not foster individual aggression since this quality is, ironically, ineffectual for organized warfare. The examination of gender integration in the armed forces, which follows, brings the complex and multifaceted character of women's involvement in the military into view. Certain aspects of the military culture, the article shows, are congenial to servicewomen and facilitate their often-overlooked successes in this institution

Aggression · Criminology · Harassment · Hostility · Institution · Military justice · Military personnel · Military psychology · Military science · Military service · Military theory · Political science · Sociology · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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