This Man's Military: Masculine Culture's Role in Sexual Violence

Abstract

The central goal of this thesis is to determine whether or not something inherent in US military culture makes members of the Department of Defense (DOD) more prone to sexual assault than their civilian counterparts. Lt Col Peter Lee assesses the role of masculinity in defining the DODs organizational culture and seeks to apply social scientific analysis to the problem of sexual assault in such a culture. Using organizational change theory as an analytical lens to military culture, he highlights areas that warrant further discussion in a holistic effort to combat sexual assault in the professional military ranks. The author concludes that there is a demographic proclivity toward sexual violence in the DOD which is aggravated by the generational gap between senior leaders and those most at risk of assault. To address the challenge head-on, the military must view the problem as one that involves its culture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1030234

Entities

People

  • Peter P Lee

Organizations

  • United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil Rights
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Population
  • Law
  • Military Education
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Sexual Assault
  • Societies
  • Students
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies