Service within the extremely gendered North Atlantic Treaty Organization : civil and military personnel’s approaches to gender equality-focused policies

BOHDALOVÁ, Lucie and Věra STOJAROVÁ. Service within the extremely gendered North Atlantic Treaty Organization : civil and military personnel’s approaches to gender equality-focused policies. European Journal of Politics and Gender. Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2023, neuveden, neuveden, p. 1-17. ISSN 2515-1088. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1332/251510821X16777440272378.

Basic information

• Original name: Service within the extremely gendered North Atlantic Treaty Organization : civil and military personnel’s approaches to gender equality-focused policies
• Authors: BOHDALOVÁ, Lucie and Věra STOJAROVÁ.
• Edition: European Journal of Politics and Gender, Bristol, Bristol University Press, 2023, 2515-1088.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 2.100 in 2022
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/251510821X16777440272378
• UT WoS: 000971998700001
• Keywords in English: women’s and men’s perspectives; women in the military; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; gender equality policy
• Tags: online first
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The article emphasises the challenges in the implementation of gender equality-focused policies in military missions and demonstrates the backlash these policies can create in everyday social interaction in military missions. A qualitative method of thematic analysis was used to study 17 in-depth interviews with former civilian and military personnel in the International Security Assistance Force and Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan. The discursive exploratory analysis displayed that normative masculine constructions foster an environment in which women are perceived as: a threat to the unit they are part of; disruptive to male bonding in the unit; an objectified body; and an essential part of the successful mission in Afghanistan. Gender equality-focused policies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization face resistance in implementation because they threaten resources perceived greatly important in the organisation: normative masculine constructions. The military fails in attempts to manage diversity, and the military culture further values and reinforces sameness.

Links

• MUNI/A/1279/2022, interní kód MU: Name: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu IX.

Investor: Masaryk University, Current Issues in Political Science Research IX.