Rebekah Stevens
Professor Asma Abdel Halim
22 April 2015
Women’s Gender Studies
Sex and the military
It happens everywhere. A new military base is started and suddenly, there is a significant increase in the number of women living in the surrounding city. The sun goes down and the neon lights come on. Music plays and dancing begins. The prostitution industry thrives during this time, but unfortunately, not all of these prostitutes choose such a life. Often times, women are forced to work, being drugged and abused. Other times, the women feel like they have no other option for a money resource. One of the most profound effects on the economy and on women’s’ status is the militarization of sexuality and the sexualization of the military. …show more content…
Every military base is said to be militarized, not only because it houses soldiers, but it’s militarized by the fact that most decisions are judged by a principal criterion: how well does this proposed rule or practice serve that military’s priorities. The militarization of sexuality is a statement that claims that sexuality is becoming militarized, or it’s serving the military well. Therefore, sexuality is being used and will continue to be used by the military to keep on serving its priorities. Now to reverse this statement, the sexualization of the military is a claim that the military is becoming more sexualized. The military is becoming more and more focused on filling sexual desires (Bell,
Professor Asma Abdel Halim
22 April 2015
Women’s Gender Studies
Sex and the military
It happens everywhere. A new military base is started and suddenly, there is a significant increase in the number of women living in the surrounding city. The sun goes down and the neon lights come on. Music plays and dancing begins. The prostitution industry thrives during this time, but unfortunately, not all of these prostitutes choose such a life. Often times, women are forced to work, being drugged and abused. Other times, the women feel like they have no other option for a money resource. One of the most profound effects on the economy and on women’s’ status is the militarization of sexuality and the sexualization of the military. …show more content…
Every military base is said to be militarized, not only because it houses soldiers, but it’s militarized by the fact that most decisions are judged by a principal criterion: how well does this proposed rule or practice serve that military’s priorities. The militarization of sexuality is a statement that claims that sexuality is becoming militarized, or it’s serving the military well. Therefore, sexuality is being used and will continue to be used by the military to keep on serving its priorities. Now to reverse this statement, the sexualization of the military is a claim that the military is becoming more sexualized. The military is becoming more and more focused on filling sexual desires (Bell,