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The Girls of War in 1914 and 2014: The Evolution of the Protection Racket with Laura Sjoberg
The Girls of War in 1914 and 2014: The Evolution of the Protection Racket with Laura Sjoberg
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78 minutes
Released:
Oct 22, 2015
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Podcast episode
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How have gender roles in war changed over the last century? As women have openly joined militaries and paramilitary organizations, the roles of women in service have advanced and diversified. In the United States, the Combat Exclusion Policy was recently lifted to allow women to serve in frontline combat and complete combat operations. Despite increasing numbers of countries beginning to expand the role of women in their militaries, an analysis comparing the U.S. media coverage of British girls in World War I and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign in 2014 suggests that significations of girls as wars’ innocent, hapless victims in need of men’s protection remain prominent in media outlets. This seminar revisits Sue Rae Peterson’s (1977) idea of the ‘protection racket’ to analyze the current status of women in 21st century war and conflict. Speaker: Laura Sjoberg, WAPPP Fellow; Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Florida
Released:
Oct 22, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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