Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat: Gender, Sexuality, and Women in the Military

Reveals the different ways women navigate the traditionally masculine environment of the military

Drawing on surveys and interviews with almost 300 female military personnel, Melissa Herbert explores how women's everyday actions, such as choice of uniform, hobby, or social activity, involve the creation and re-creation of what it means to be a woman, and particularly a woman soldier. Do women feel pressured to be "more masculine," to convey that they are not a threat to men's jobs or status ...