TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1977//
TI  - The concept of citizenship and attitudes toward women in combat
JO  - Sex roles
A1  - Segal, David R.
A1  - Kinzer, Nora Scott
A1  - Woelfel, John C.
SP  - 469
EP  - 477
VL  - 3
IS  - 5
N2  - Since the American and French revolutions, the right to bear arms has been an integral aspect of the normative definition of citizenship. Citizenship rights were won by people who were given the opportunity to prove their loyalty through the defense of the state. This right has been denied women who, although they have served in the United States armed forces in relatively low numbers, have been systematically excluded from combat specialties. Attitude data collected from both Army and civilian samples show public opinion to be opposed to women in combat. Women in the Army are less opposed than are men, political liberals less than political conservatives, and respondents with no religious affiliation less than those with church ties. In no group, however, is there majority support for extending the "right to fight" to women.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0360-0025
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00287411
ID  - ref1
ER  -