Women veterans : lifting the veil of invisibility / G.L.A. Harris, R. Finn Sumner, and M.C. González-Prats.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Intersectionality -- Women as warriors -- Women as other -- Women as supporters and caregivers -- Women as sex objects -- Women as marginalized -- On citizenship -- Agency and second-class status -- Who is a veteran? -- The Selective Service Act -- The Equal Rights Amendment -- The combat exclusion policy -- Military culture -- White male privilege -- A culture of domination -- Effeminization of the enemy -- Backlash against women -- Women and power -- Women in power -- Women as tokens -- Women as proxies for men -- The role of equalizers -- The civil-military divide -- Who serves in the military? -- The notion of representative bureaucracy -- Legal frameworks apart: the Military volume the civilian justice systems -- Confronting wicked problems: the role of health and violence -- Determinants of health -- Impact of military sexual trauma -- The military's response to military sexual trauma -- Biological, psychological and sociological outcomes -- Conclusion.