Abstract
This article explores women's presence in military forces around the world, looking both at women's service as soldiers and at the gendered dimensions of their soldiering particularly, and soldiering generally. It uses the ‘beautiful soul’ narrative to describe women's relationship with war throughout its history, and explores how this image of women's innocence of and abstention from war has often contrasted with women's actual experiences as soldiers and fighters.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 53-68 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | International Review of the Red Cross |
Volume | 92 |
Issue number | 877 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Apr 2010 |
Keywords
- female soldiers
- military
- miliarism
- protection racket
- gender
- security
- international relations
- feminist IR