Women in the Navy: The Past, the Present, and the Future

Abstract

The attitudes of the propulsion at large and the expectations of young men and women about appropriate gender roles have undergone a major transformation over the past three decades. Reflecting this transformation, public opinion about the propriety of women serving in the armed forces has also shifted. This paper: (1) reviews traditions that fostered the exclusion of women from military service; (2) explores how the nature of modem warfare affected that tradition of exclusion; and (3) discusses the implications of larger roles for women in the post-Cold War Navy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA286583

Entities

People

  • Aline O. Quester
  • Jean W. Fletcher
  • Joyce S. Mcmahon

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Persian Gulf
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Social Sciences
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Strategic Security Studies