Sexual Violence and the US Military
Feminism, US Empire, and the Failure of Liberal Equality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4413847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Mesok (0000-0002-9619-596X, corresponding author), Mesok, Mesok Mesok |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 41 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-3663 • E-ISSN: 2153-3873 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.15767/feministstudies.42.1.41 |
| OpenAlex | W3147118276, W2337085016 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article considers the ways in which military women's rights campaigns have linked the "epidemic" of sexual violence to the struggle for military women's equality. I analyze the approaches of the National Organization of Women (NOW) and Service Women's Action Network (SWAN) in order to trace a partial history of military women's rights organizations built on liberal feminist ideals. I argue that understanding military sexual violence as a result of women's inequality does nothing to explain sexual violence against men, as well as occludes global victims of US sexual and imperial violence. Ultimately, I argue that organizations such as SWAN are emblematic of a neoliberal feminist approach that problematically prioritizes women's equal access to the military over a critique of US militarism
Criminology · Domestic violence · Empire · Feminism · Harassment · Intimidation · Militarism · Military service · Nothing · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Sexual assault · Sexual violence · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |