Race And Gender In The Military Essay
Role of Race and Gender in Military Success
This review focuses on the factors that may lead some to wonder if race and gender play a factor in the military when it comes to leadership and promotion opportunities. It is a known fact that the military is a male dominated organization which tends to define what a person is in order to know how to react towards that person. In total, there are 1,166,434 (85.1%) male active duty members and 203,895 (14.9%) female active duty members. Within those numbers is 238,864 Active Duty Officers of which 199,578 (83.6%) are male and 39,286 (16.4%) are female. Moreover, members who report themselves as White make up the highest percentage of Active Duty Officers (77.6%), while African Americans make up …show more content…
There is some belief that compartmentalization has become the norm, that some people are bred to think they are only able to achieve certain limits, that some are taught to be happy with their limitations and not strive for more and that certain races and genders are looked at in a different light. The literature review will show statistics on these beliefs and answer three research questions:
1. Does Race and Gender Dictate Success in the Military?
2. Were Women In and Out of the Military Treated Inferior to Men in the Area of Leadership? Are Women still being Treated Inferior?
3. Does Society think Men are Better Leaders than Women?
Research Question One: Does Race or Gender Dictate Success in the Military? Gender and race have become the dividing line in many aspects of everyday life to include the division of labor, physical space, and power (Burrell, 1980). In the Military, most successful officers are usually described as forceful, decisive and rational. These qualities have been typically associated with the picture of masculinity. On the other hand, unsuccessful officers are usually defined as weak and indecisive. These terms are usually associated with femininity (Burrell,
This review focuses on the factors that may lead some to wonder if race and gender play a factor in the military when it comes to leadership and promotion opportunities. It is a known fact that the military is a male dominated organization which tends to define what a person is in order to know how to react towards that person. In total, there are 1,166,434 (85.1%) male active duty members and 203,895 (14.9%) female active duty members. Within those numbers is 238,864 Active Duty Officers of which 199,578 (83.6%) are male and 39,286 (16.4%) are female. Moreover, members who report themselves as White make up the highest percentage of Active Duty Officers (77.6%), while African Americans make up …show more content…
There is some belief that compartmentalization has become the norm, that some people are bred to think they are only able to achieve certain limits, that some are taught to be happy with their limitations and not strive for more and that certain races and genders are looked at in a different light. The literature review will show statistics on these beliefs and answer three research questions:
1. Does Race and Gender Dictate Success in the Military?
2. Were Women In and Out of the Military Treated Inferior to Men in the Area of Leadership? Are Women still being Treated Inferior?
3. Does Society think Men are Better Leaders than Women?
Research Question One: Does Race or Gender Dictate Success in the Military? Gender and race have become the dividing line in many aspects of everyday life to include the division of labor, physical space, and power (Burrell, 1980). In the Military, most successful officers are usually described as forceful, decisive and rational. These qualities have been typically associated with the picture of masculinity. On the other hand, unsuccessful officers are usually defined as weak and indecisive. These terms are usually associated with femininity (Burrell,