Women Veterans: Lifting the Veil of Invisibility

ISBN-13: 9781498727600 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 458 str.

G. L. a. Harris; R. Finn Sumner; Maria Carolina Gonzalez-Prats

Opis

This book, written by a team of female veterans and military scholars, argues that female veterans are not fully recognized when seeking institutional VA benefits. It addresses how society neglects to fully acknowledge their service and how the veterans themselves fail to voice their status for fear of further mistreatment or indifference. The book gives an overview of the social roles of women in society and how those perceptions compete with a woman's role in active military successful reintegration.

Spis treści

Part I. Preface  Part II. Inter-Sectionality  1. Women as Warriors  2. Women as "Other"  3. Women as Supporters and Caregivers  4. Women as "Sex Objects"  5. Women as "Marginalized"  Part III. Citizenship  6. Agency and Second Class Status  7. Who is a Veteran?  8. The Selective Service Act  9. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)  10. The Combat Exclusion Policy  Part IV. Military Culture  11. Male Privilege and Entitlement  12. A Culture of Domination  13. Effeminization of the Enemy  14. Backlash Against Women  Part V. Women and Power  15. Women in Power  16. Women as Tokens  17. Women as Proxies for Men  18. The Role of Equalizers (Money, Economics, Education)  Part VI. The Civil-Military Divide  19. Who Serves in the Military?  20. The Notion of Representative Bureaucracy  21. Legal Frameworks Apart: The UCMJ v. the Civilian Court System  Part VII. Confronting Wicked Problems: The Role of Health and Violence  22. Determinants of Health  23. Impact of Military Sexual Trauma (MST)  24. The Military’s Response to MST  25. Biological, Psychological and Sociological Outcomes  Part VIII. Conclusion: The Implications of Veiled Invisibility  26. The Ethics of Responsibility