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THE EFFECTS OF WAR ON SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER Institution Name Professor Course Date The Effects of War on Social Construction of Gender Introduction Militarization is a continuous process that binds a person to full control and dependence towards militaristic ideas. The more one is accustomed to militarization the more he/she is dependent on militaristic ideas (Kraska 2007 510). This is because the military is one of the most powerful institutions in all governments worldwide (Ware 2012 11). Governments have been working tirelessly to moderate and strengthen their military power (Shaw 2015 61). Even so women have been denied access to armed forces. A lot of debate on women inclusion and role in the military has been going on with international and local women support organization being formed. As such women empowerment has risen considerably necessitating passing of legislation that allows women to be able to access the armed Press. Kovitz M. 2003. The roots of military masculinity. Military masculinities: Identity and the state pp.1-14. Kraska P.B. 2007. Militarization and policing—Its relevance to 21st century police. Policing: a journal of policy and practice 1(4) pp.501-513. Mann M. 1987. The roots and contradictions of modern militarism. New Left Review (162) p.35. Pleck J.H. 1981. The myth of masculinity. MIT Press (MA). Riley R.L. 2008. Women and war: Militarism bodies and the practice of gender. Sociology Compass 2(4) pp.1192-1208. Shaw M. 2015. War and genocide: Organised killing in modern society. John Wiley & Sons. Slaby R.G. and Frey K.S. 1975. Development of gender constancy and selective attention to same-sex models. Child development pp.849-856. Ware V. 2012. Military migrants: Fighting for YOUR country. Palgrave Macmillan. Wertsh J.V. and Tulviste P. 1990. Apprenticeship in thinking: Cognitive development in social context. Science 249(4969) pp.684-686. Woodward R. and Winter T. 2007. Sexing the soldier: the politics of gender and the contemporary British Army. Routledge. [...]
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How does war shape social constructions of gender? In your answer, discuss the term ‘military masculinities’ with reference to at least two theorists critically debate the theories and ideas, and to apply and evaluate those theories in light of examples
