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Forgotten Victims: Responsibility Under Law For Systematic Sexual Violence Toward Women During Warfare, Linda A. Malone
Forgotten Victims: Responsibility Under Law For Systematic Sexual Violence Toward Women During Warfare, Linda A. Malone
Linda A. Malone
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Debunking The Myth Of Universal Male Privilege, Jamie R. Abrams
Debunking The Myth Of Universal Male Privilege, Jamie R. Abrams
Jamie R. Abrams
Existing legal responses to sexual assault and harassment in the military have stagnated or failed. Current approaches emphasize the prevalence of sexual assault and highlight the masculine nature of the military’s statistical composition and institutional culture. Current responses do not, however, incorporate masculinities theory to disentangle the experiences of men as a group from men as individuals. Rather, embedded within contestations of the masculine military culture is the unstated assumption that the culture universally privileges or benefits the individual men that operate within it. This myth is harmful because it tethers masculinities to military efficacy, suppresses the costs of male …