War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa
Title | War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2003 |
Authors | Goldstein, Joshua S. |
Number of Pages | 523 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
City | Cambridge |
Abstract | Gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war, yet our understanding of the relationship between gender and war is confused. Joshua Goldstein analyzes the near-total exclusion of women from combat forces, through history and across cultures. Topics covered include the history of women who did fight and fought well, the complex role of testosterone in men's social behaviors, and the construction of masculinity and femininity in the shadow of war. Goldstein concludes that killing in war does not come naturally for either gender, and that gender norms often shape men, women, and children to the needs of the war system. |
URL | http://services.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/international-relations-and-international-organisations/war-and-gender-how-gender-shapes-war-system-and-vice-versa?format=PB&isbn=9780521001809 |
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- Introduction: Gender and the History of War
- 26. War and Gender: From the Global Cold War to the Conflicts of Post-Cold War Era—An Overview
- 28. Post-1945 Western Military Masculinities, Female Soldiers and Gay and Lesbian Rights
- 31. Gender, Wars of Globalization, and Humanitarian Interventions since the End of the Cold War
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