Vulnerable Warriors: Military Women, Military Culture, and Fear of Rape

@article{Weitz2015VulnerableWM,
  title={Vulnerable Warriors: Military Women, Military Culture, and Fear of Rape},
  author={Rose Weitz},
  journal={Gender Issues},
  year={2015},
  volume={32},
  pages={164-183}
}
  • R. Weitz
  • Published 21 February 2015
  • Political Science
  • Gender Issues
Fear of sexual violence constrains women’s lives in many ways. Underlying that fear is a set of widely shared cultural discourses which define women as physically vulnerable, assume women are incapable of protecting themselves and others, stress the ubiquity of male sexual predators, and hold women responsible for avoiding such predators. This article explores the ways in which service in the U.S. military, where sexual assaults appear to be especially common, and immersion in masculinist… 
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