Militarized Maternity

Experiencing Pregnancy in the U.S. Armed Forces

AvMegan D. McFarlane

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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The rights of pregnant workers as well as (the lack of) paid maternity leave have increasingly become topics of a major policy debate in the United States. Yet, few discussions have focused on the U.S. military, where many of the latest policy changes focus on these very issues. Despite the armed forces' increases to maternity-related benefits, servicewomen continue to be stigmatized for being pregnant and taking advantage of maternity policies. In an effort to understand this disconnect, Megan McFarlane analyzes military documents and conducts interviews with enlisted servicewomen and female officers. She finds a policy/culture disparity within the military that pregnant servicewomen themselves often co-construct, making the policy changes significantly less effective. McFarlane ends by offering suggestions for how these policy changes can have more impact and how they could potentially serve as an example for the broader societal debate.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-04-08
Mått:140 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:262
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520344693

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Megan D. McFarlane is Assistant Professor of Communication at Marymount University. Her books include The Rhetorical Invention of America's National Security State and Cultural Rhetorics of American Exceptionalism and the bin Laden Raid.

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"This book will be of interest to readers who examine gender and the military as well as issues related to gender and work, pregnancy discrimination, and masculinity and femininity more broadly. McFarlane also creates a useful conceptual framework that she labels the ‘continuum of maternity’ which understands maternity including pre-pregnancy and pregnancy planning phases, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and postpartum mothering. This framework not only shows how different maternity phases shape and constrain women’s lives and workplace experiences but also reveals the importance of policies and benefits at each stage and could easily be applied to other workplaces."

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Acknowledgments1. Examining the Pregnancy Continuum in the U.S. Military2. Contextualizing Military Maternity Experiences3. Hyperplanning Pregnancies4. Performing Macho Maternity5. Negotiating Postpartum Policies6. Redefining Military Maternity Appendix A Research Participants: DemographicsAppendix B Profiles: Enlisted ServicewomenAppendix C Profiles: Female OfficersNotesBibliographyIndex