| ID | 152710 |
| Title Proper | Boys will be boys? the normative sources of prostitution policy in the German and American militaries during world war ii |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Brathwaite, Kirstin J H |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | How do militaries decide policies regarding sex and sexual behavior? Are policies based on expert knowledge and correlated to military effectiveness? Is civilian intervention important in crafting military policies? This paper focuses on one specific type of military policy—that governing prostitution. It asks why militaries adopt particular policies regarding the use of prostitutes by their members. Examining two cases of professional militaries at war—Germany and the United States during World War II—it argues that professional military leaders came to different positions on prostitution based on intersecting gender, racial, and political norms in civilian society. The two militaries differed on policy not due to civilian intervention but rather as a result of different assessments of the influence of prostitution on military effectiveness. Those assessments of effectiveness were informed by the racial, gender, and political norms that permeated all of society, including the military. |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Global security Studies Vol. 2, No.1; Jan 2017: p.39-54 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Global security Studies Vol: 2 No 1 |
| Key Words | Civil-military relations ; Sexual Policy ; Military Prostitution |