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WOMEN'S MILITARY ROLES CROSS-NATIONALLY

Past, Present, and Future

MADY WECHSLER SEGAL

University of Maryland, College Park

This article outlines a theory of what affects the degree and nature of women's participation in the armed forces throughout history and across nations. Examining national security situations, military technology, military accession policies, demographic patterns, cultural values regarding gender, and structural patterns of gender roles, the article proposes a systematic theory of the conditions under which women's military roles expand and contract. The theory is then applied to analyze women's likely future role in armed forces. The military's need for personnel has been the driving force behind expansion of women's military roles through history and across nations, but cultural values supporting gender equality also contribute and seem likely to have increased influence in the future.

Gender & Society, Vol. 9, No. 6, 757-775 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/089124395009006008
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