Inclusion of Women in Military Issues and Concerns

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Inclusion of Women in Military Issues and Concerns

Varsha Kapoor

Author Affiliations

¹Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School, Nowabad, Jammu (J and K), INDIA

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 1, Issue (1), Pages 55-57, September,14 (2012)

Abstract

In the present era, gender equality has become a buzz word and the issue of equality of opportunity to the women in all fields of social and professional life is the need of the hour. Contrary to this, it is a universally accepted fact that militaries are not created to generate employment and hence have nothing to do with gender equality. They are tasked to ensure national defence. They need only the fittest – men or women. In this regard this paper endeavours to explore an important issue of inclusion of women in military. The paper highlights various issues related to entry and service of women in military, especially the combat forces.

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[ref1] General Douglas A. MacArthur to the West Point Graduating Class of 1962. Cited inBrian, P. Mitchel, Women in the Military: Flirting With Disaster, Regnery Publishing, Washing D.C (1998)

[ref2] D’Amico, Francine and Weinstein, Laurie (eds.), Gender Camouflage: Women and the U.S. Military, UniversityPress, New York, 4, (1999)

[ref3] Loy, Alex, Tan, Tuan, Women in Combat: An Indispensable Army 21 Component or a Simple Case ofEqual Opportunity? JOSAF, 27, ( 2001)

[ref4] Brown, Mclissa, Gender, Military Recruiting and The Iraq War, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSAAnnual Meeting, Boston, MASS Cited at www.allacademic.com/meta/p279662_index.html, (2008)

[ref5] Buckley, William. F, On the Right Column, the National Review, Cited at www.nationalreview.com/author/79808/bio, (1991)

[ref6] Harrell, Margaret, C., Invisible Women, Junior Enlisted Army Wives Santa Monica CA: RAND , 105, (2000)

[ref7] Davis, Karen D. (ed.), Women and Leadership in the Canadian Forces: Perspectives and Experience. Winnipeg: Canadian Defense Academy Press, Canada, 80 (2000)

[ref8] Herbert, Melissa, S., Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat: Gender, Sexuality, and Women in the Military, New York University Press, New York, 200-205, (1998)

[ref9] Universal Military Abstracts, 67 (1992-93)

[ref9] Bridges, Donna and Horsfall, Debbie, Increasing Operations Effectiveness in UN Peacekeeping: Toward a Gender-Balanced Force, Armed Forces and Society, New York, 36 (1), 120-130 (2009)