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While at War, Female Soldiers Fight to Belong
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Benedict Carey provides this fascinating account of one woman's experience in the U.S. Army's mission in Afghanistan. Lieutenant Courtney Wilson served in Kandahar in 2010 and experienced many of the stresses women face to a larger degree than men integrating into what is for the dominant part a male focussed culture. This is increasingly important as women now form about 15% of the force in Afghanistan and Iraq, and are likely to be an even larger part in the future tech driven force. With fewer women in the force Wilson had less opportunity to interact with women, and like other women in the army she felt the emotional bonding that men have with other men in the army is something they lack. Like women in male professions, and men at the margins of the dominant culture in other fields, women feel a higher level of psychic stress.
Lieutenant Courtney Wilson in Kandahar, Afghanistan- integrating women in the U.S. Army, 2010-2015
05/24/2015
About 15% of the force are women for the U.S. forces in Afganistan and Iraq. Women face a high level of psychic stress integrating into a man's world in the army. Even after successfully completing missions stresses remain.
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