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Gender Inequalities in the Military Service: A Systematic Literature Review
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This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the literature regarding gender inequalities
in the military service. In doing so, it discloses challenges and opportunities
for women’s integration and finds new avenues for future research. Recent scientific
research has evidenced that women still represent a growing minority in most Western
militaries. Women’s integration deserves equal opportunities across all branches
and levels of responsibility in the military, however, their expansion to ground combat
roles is still a challenge to the military and policy-makers. Scholars have also
reported about the decision to increase the number of women in combat roles, as
it may potentiate adverse experiences, due to closer proximity to men in circumstances
with little or no privacy. Conversely, scientific research has shown that more
egalitarian women reported significantly less sexual harassment victimization. Furthermore,
our insights suggest that it might be fruitful to integrate women in ground
combat roles as special forces’ operators, with a view to induce a reduction of marginalization
and sexual harassment, by gaining respect in a male-dominant culture.
The presented idea should be interpreted with caution and needs to be supported by
empirical research; although we are convinced that future research will be revealing
and might represent a game-changing situation to women inequalities in the armed
forces.
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Gender Women Inequalities Military Army Systematic literature review Special operations forces Ground combat Sexual harassment
