Understand You Are Going To Deal With Hardships That Women Deal With In The Civilian World, Kind Of Like On Steroids”: Air Force And Army Women Veterans’ Perceptions Of The United States Military

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dc.contributor.advisorAnderson, Lindsey Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorMcDermott, Victoria Marieen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCommunicationen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-25T05:41:00Z
dc.date.available2023-06-25T05:41:00Z
dc.date.issued2023en_US
dc.description.abstractThe United States military (USM) is a totalistic and hegemonically masculine institution that leaves lasting effects on former members sense of self and identity. The performance of gender by individual members, and the gendered nature of the institution itself make it a challenging profession for those categorized into the subordinate gender to navigate and succeed. Using feminist standpoint theory, this dissertation explores women’s perspectives of their experiences during and after military service to better under the role of gender on institution-public relational meaning making. Findings demonstrate that gender performed, on individual and institutional levels forms gendered relationships to the institution that have long term effects on individuals willingness to engage with the institution. From the findings identified, theoretical extensions and practice implications, as well as recommendations for the USM to improve its relationships with women veterans are suggested.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/dspace/dksk-ivd9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/30137
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCommunicationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgenderen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgender performanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhegemonic masculinityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMilitaryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpublic relationsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtotalisticen_US
dc.titleUnderstand You Are Going To Deal With Hardships That Women Deal With In The Civilian World, Kind Of Like On Steroids”: Air Force And Army Women Veterans’ Perceptions Of The United States Militaryen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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