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juliette kayyem

The military’s persistent gender divide

All this goodwill about inclusiveness and gender protection masks the more fundamental cultural divide: women are underrepresented in the highest ranks of the military not because of pervasive sexual assault, but because they are still formally excluded from the most coveted role of them all, the combat soldier.

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