Chivalry in the Military

Kümmel, Gerhard

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“…As the protected one, she accepts subordination with gratitude and admiration for the security offered by her protector, the ‘EU military man’. The protector masculinity foregrounds aspects of military masculinity related to acts of heroism and chivalry, even virtue (Kümmel, ; Moelker and Kümmel, ). The ‘EU homeland femininity’ does not aspire to be part of the military institutions or the workings of the CSDP; she is thankful that the protector is willing to take on this job.…”

Section: The Csdp: the Path Dependence Of Military Masculinitiesmentioning

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The Power of EU Masculinities: A Feminist Contribution to European Integration Theory

Kronsell

2015

J of Common Market Studies

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This article advances feminist analysis in the study of European integration through a focus on gender power in relation to masculinity constructs. It takes issue with the fact that gender studies tend to equate gender with women. It sketches a feminist contribution to integration theory, where the EU is perceived as gender regimes at multiple levels. Gender identity constructsmasculinities and femininitiesrely on difference and are shifting across time, levels and sectors. Yet the variations of identity constructs are limited by well-established ideasgender binariesproviding continuity and path dependences to maintain the gender system, for example through the 'EU protector masculinity' in the EU CSDP. European integration thus is a process whereby EU masculinities and femininities are constructed through EU relations to other states in the global context and in EU policy-making and institution-building. *I am extremely grateful to the editors of this special issue for valuable input during various stages of work with this article, for the encouraging comments of the participants at the special issue workshop at the University of Kent, Canterbury in January 2016 and for the critical and insightful comments from two anonymous reviewers.

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Section: The Csdp: the Path Dependence Of Military Masculinitiesmentioning

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The Power of EU Masculinities: A Feminist Contribution to European Integration Theory

Kronsell

2015

J of Common Market Studies

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“…This implies, using Connell’s (1998, 7) words, that “/m/asculinities do not first exist and then come into contact with femininities; they are produced together, in the process that constitutes a gender order.” Gender war roles suggest what is expected of masculinity, military masculinity is also a protector identity, and the protector needs someone to protect (Hicks Stiehm 1982). The protector masculinity foregrounds benign aspects of a military masculinity related to acts of heroism, chivalry, and virtue (Kümmel 2008; Moelker and Kümmel 2007). Who is it then he is expected to protect?…”

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Sexed Bodies and Military Masculinities

Kronsell

2015

Men and Masculinities

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This article explores the European Union (EU)'s Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) through a framework based on feminist institutional theory that highlights the durability in the dynamics of gender relations. Path dependency based on historic features of military institutions-a strict sex division based on ''gender war roles''-has influenced the development of different CSDP bodies. The CSDP is sexed because male bodies dominate the organizations studied, yet this remains invisible through normalization. A dominant EU hierarchical military masculinity is institutionalized in the EU's Military Committee, combat heterosexual masculinity in the Battle groups, and EU protector masculinity in the EU Training missions. The CSDP embodies different types of military masculinities; the relations between them are important for the reproduction of the gender order through a gendered logic of appropriateness. Yet, this too is invisible as part of the informal aspects of organizations. While women's bodies are written out of the CSDP, the construction of femininity in relation to the protector/protected binary is central to it. Two protected femininities are read in the texts. The vulnerable femininity of women in conflict areas is important for how the CSDP understands itself in relation to gender mainstreaming. In relation to the vulnerable femininity, CSDP constructs an EU protector masculinity, in turn, set against an aggressive violent masculinity in the Downloaded from areas where missions are deployed. Women's bodies are absent from the CSDP and they lack agency but are nevertheless associated with a protected femininity.

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Liivoja

2013

Normative Pluralism and International Law

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Chivalry in the Military

Cited by 5 publications

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The Power of EU Masculinities: A Feminist Contribution to European Integration Theory

The Power of EU Masculinities: A Feminist Contribution to European Integration Theory

Sexed Bodies and Military Masculinities

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