There are many ways in which the subculture of women in the military interacts with the broader military culture that are both positive and negative. One of the main ways that women interact with their male counterparts is by trying to leave behind the typical female stereotypes such as weak and seen in a sexual way and conform to a more masculine way of life, (Weiss and DeBarber, 2013, p. 38). This helps women interact better with the males around them because they are showing the males that even though they are genitally different than them, physically and mentally they can be very similar. Even though women try to break free from the stereotypes, it is very hard to do and as Street et al. mentions in their article, gender harassment is an
