A new generation of women? How female ROTC cadets negotiate the tension between masculine military culture and traditional femininity

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 937-960

  Silva, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 59649129190     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0138     Document Type: Article

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