http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/military-women Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:24:06 -0400 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:24:06 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/73/army-girls-the-role-of-militarization-in-womens-lives By Kelly J. Bell - Women’s exclusion from the military was used as an argument against women’s suffrage in the early 1900s (p 7, Enloe, 2000). Women who depend on the military for their livelihood are stereotyped as prostitutes; “in the late twentieth century, women who have been mobilized to serve the military’s needs are still vulnerable to the stereotype of camp follower—dispensible, disreputable—no matter how professional their formal position is in the military” (p 40, Enloe, 2000).  These women are sexualized by the military as a way to keep them in the margins... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:25 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/73/army-girls-the-role-of-militarization-in-womens-lives