Women veterans : lifting the veil of invisibility / G.L.A. Harris, R. Finn Sumner, and M.C. Gonzalez-Prats.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, G. L. A., author.

Sumner, R. Finn, author.

Gonzalez-Prats, M.C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women veterans--United States.

Women veterans.

Veterans--Government policy.

Veterans.

Government policy.

Social conditions.

United States--Armed Forces--Women.

United States.

Armed Forces.

Women veterans--United States--Social conditions.

Women veterans--Government policy--United States.

Veterans--Government policy--United States.

Sociology, Military--United States.

Sociology, Military.

Sex role--United States.

Sex role.

Physical Description:

vii, 450 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Contents:

Preface

Inter-sectionality

Women as warriors

Women as "other"

Women as supporters and caregivers

Women as "sex objects"

Women as "marginalized"

Citizenship

Agency and second class status

Who is a veteran?

The Selective Service Act

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

The combat exclusion policy

Military culture

Male privilege and entitlement

A culture of domination

Effeminization of the enemy

Backlash against women

Women and power

Women in power

Women as tokens

Women as proxies for men

The role of equalizers (money, economics, education)

The civil-military divide

Who serves in the military?

The notion of representative bureaucracy

Legal frameworks apart: the UCMJ v. the civilian court system

Confronting wicked problems: the role of health and violence

Determinants of health

Impact of military sexual trauma (MST)

The military's response to MST

Biological, psychological and sociological outcomes

Conclusion: the implications of veiled invisibility

The ethics of responsibility.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498727600

1498727603

OCLC:

1004512102