1. In Focus: Masculinity As Foreign Policy Issue
- Author:
- Cynthia Enloe
- Publication Date:
- 10-2000
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Foreign Policy In Focus
- Abstract:
- Feminist analysis reveals some of the chief causes and costs of militarizing U.S. foreign policies. Civilian policymakers' desire to appear “manly” is a chief reason for the Pentagon's remarkable influence over current U.S. foreign policy. U.S. military policies today marginalize women and entrench the masculinization of political life at home and abroad.
- Topic:
- Security, Foreign Policy, Defense Policy, and Gender Issues
- Political Geography:
- United States