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The Combat Exclusion and the Role of Women in the Military

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Judith Wagner Decew
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Abstract

I first discuss reasons for feminists to attend to the role of women in the military, despite past emphasis on antimilitarism. I then focus on the exclusion of women from combat duty, reviewing its sanction by the U.S. Supreme Court and the history of its adoption. I present arguments favoring the exclusion, defending strong replies to each, and demonstrate that reasoning from related cases and feminist analyses of equality explain why exclusion remains entrenched.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 10 , Issue 1: Special Issue: Feminist Ethics and Social Policy, Part 1 , Winter 1995 , pp. 56 - 73
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Copyright © 1995 by Hypatia, Inc.

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