Download or read book Changes in Attitudes Toward Women at the Air Force Academy written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex-role attitudes were measured at the Air Force Academy by Marshak, DeFleur, and Gillman (1976), using the Attitudes toward Women Scale (Spence & Helmreich, 1972). The attitudes were significantly less egalitarian than those held by male college students at the University of Texas at Austin. Festinger's Cognitive Dissonance Theory (1957) predicts that as perceptions of mandated social change decrease, attitudes held by cadets would become more egalitarian. In cadets sampled in 1983, males are significantly more egalitarian than in 1976, but there's no significant difference between 1983 cadets and 1980 college students. There's a significant trend in male cadets: the longer he's been at the Academy, the more egalitarian he is. As expected, comparison between 1983 male and female cadets showed women were significantly more egalitarian than men.

Download or read book Understanding Attitudes on Gender and Training at the United States Air Force Academy written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research examined the relationship between male and female cadets' views toward women in society, in the military, and at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) with knowledge and understanding of academic, military, and physical fitness standards at USAFA. Prior to the admission of women at USAFA, the Department of Physical Education created physical fitness standards based on research that showed physiological differences in males and females (Baldi, 1991; Petosa, 1989). This study found that male cadets had high sexist attitudes toward women in society, did not agree with the involvement of women in combat, did not agree with women holding certain jobs in the military, and believed women negatively impacted standards at USAFA. About 66% of the cadets surveyed believed differences in physiology warranted different sets of fitness standards; however, about 17% of the cadets, who were all male, supported equal standards based on the fact that men and women are expected to perform the same jobs in the Air Force. According to the results, high sexist attitudes of women are good indicators of support for equal physical fitness standards. The views expressed in this study are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.

Download or read book The Effects of Integrating Women Into Previously All Male Air Force Units A Longitudinal Study of the Air Force Academy s Integration Process written by Lois B. DeFleur and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project is a continuation of the longitudinal study of sex-integration at the Air Force Academy. Extensive data files from male and female cadets have been developed and data is still being collected. A questionnaire was constructed which asked about problems of sex-integration attitudes toward career, marriage family as well as issues concerning masculine and feminine roles. An article was prepared and published in Youth and Society Dec. 1978. It discussed ambiguities, sex-linked differences and changes in cadet beliefs concerning squadron life, attitudes toward sex roles and interactions during six months of integration. Females did not believe they were accepted and males expressed more traditional orientations toward women's roles which affected their interaction with female cadets. The paper focused on career, marriage and family perceptions, and expectations. Data indicated that males preferred a traditional career, marriage and family, but about half were planning specifically for marriage and children and a limited Air Force Career. Others wanted to wait before marrying and planned on having dual-career marriages with carefully timed children and limited interruption of careers. (SDW).

Download or read book The United States Air Force Academy written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A study of attitudes toward women in the Air Force expressed by college students at the University of Texas written by James Chester Lambdin and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Four Years of Sex Integration at the United States Air Force Academy Problems and Issues written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admission of women to the service academies by Congress in 1976 constituted a mandated social change at the Air Force Academy. This social process was monitored over the four years of the first integrated class by a longitudinal study of beliefs, attitudes and expectations of the first women and their classmates. A carefully matched sample of men and women were tested concerning these issues, as were samples from preceding and following classes. The report portrays a comprehensive picture of the integration process with the associated problems and issues. Keywords: Sex integration; socialization; attitudes toward women; career expectations.

Download or read book Bring Me Men and Women written by Judith Hicks Stiehm and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's integration into the military academies afforded an almost unique opportunity to study social change. It was a tidy, well-defined natural experiment. The Air Force Academy was willing to permit the kind of external scrutiny that afforded an objective account of the facts of the first year of integration. For sixteen months the academy allowed the author to interview freely and repeatedly all persons concerned with planning and implementing women's admission. Working as a historian (with individuals and documents rather than with questionnaires), Stiehm tells the report of this first year as fully and as accurately as possible.

Download or read book Bring Me Men and Women written by Judith Stiehm and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's integration into the military academies afforded an almost unique opportunity to study social change. It was a tidy, well-defined natural experiment. The Air Force Academy was willing to permit the kind of external scrutiny that afforded an objective account of the facts of the first year of integration. For sixteen months the academy allowed the author to interview freely and repeatedly all persons concerned with planning and implementing women's admission. Working as a historian (with individuals and documents rather than with questionnaires), Stiehm tells the report of this first year as fully and as accurately as possible.

Download or read book The United States Air Force Academy a bibliography 1983 1989 written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compilation of resources on the United States Air Force Academy includes materials published between 1 January 1983 and 31 December 1989. It updates the third supplement, which was published in 1984. Earlier bibliographies on the Academy include the original, published in 1966, and the first and second supplements, published in 1968 and 1972, respectively. This bibliography does not include articles from local-area newspapers. Reports of specific athletic events are also excluded, regardless of the source. Although recent Academy Assemblies and Harmon Memorial Lectures are a part of this compilation, a number of materials published at the Academy are not included. Finally, a few items are cited which pre-date the years covered by this supplement. These were not listed in previous bibliographies. The basic arrangement is by subject.

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Download or read book Air Force Academy written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study evaluated the situation of women and minorities at the Air Force Academy addressing differences in performance indicators, cadets' perceptions, and Academy actions to enhance the success of women and minorities. Performance indicators for male and female cadets showed mixed results. Minority cadets had comparable physical fitness scores, lower academic admissions scores, lower academic grade point averages, and lower military performance averages than white cadets. Minorities were also subjected to more academic and honor reviews than whites. Minority cadets had higher attrition rates. A survey of cadets revealed perceptions that women and minorities generally received treatment equal to that of men and whites. However, a higher percentage of men than women perceived that women were treated better, and a slightly higher percentage of women than men perceived that they were treated worse. The study concluded that, although the Academy has taken a number of steps that should help women and minorities succeed at the Academy, it does not have a consolidated data base to analyze changes in student performance indicators and has not established criteria for determining when performance differences are significant. (Appendixes contain the Academy's review systems, methodology information, analysis of data, and list of contributors to the report.) (Author/JB)

Download or read book Gender Role Orientation of Female Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy written by Michele Sakuyako Fincher and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effects of a masculine service academy environment on the gender- role development of female cadets was studied. Past research indicates that gender-roles continue to change as individuals mature, making it a continually evolving process. Research also indicates that individuals adjust their gender- roles in accordance with their environment. Since the nature of this environment can often be characterized as masculine or feminine, it is likely that changes in gender-role orientation which occur in the context of these environments can also be characterized as such. Female cadets from all four classes at the United States Air Force Academy were studied to determine whether the environment produced a more masculine or androgynous orientation in these women. Fifty-five subjects were administered the Bem Sex-Role Inventory to determine if orientation changed as the individual spent more time in the masculine environment. Although there were no statistically significant differences found across classes for femininity, masculinity, or androgyny scores, a non- significant trend was evident which tended to corroborate a previous study. Additionally, there were dramatic changes in gender-role orientation for female cadets from the last time that this population was studied. Comparisons indicate that while the majority of women in general are not masculine in gender-role orientation, women at USAFA have definitely become more so in nature since they were last studied. Further investigations in the form of longitudinal studies are recommended for future research efforts.

Download or read book Allegations of Sexual Assault at the U S Air Force Academy written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Failure of Imagination written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Law-106, which authorized the admittance of women into the five federal service academies, was historically significant as it reversed the previous male-only policy at the nation's premier military leadership institutions. Its 1975 passage reflected the groundwork established by military women as well as two decades of feminist activism in America. The entrance of women at the service academies clearly challenged the existing norms for women's roles in the military and arguably in American society as well; furthermore, an analysis of primary source documents and oral histories provides insight into how men and women at the Air Force Academy confronted radically new conceptions of gender roles in society. This analysis is particularly relevant as existing scholarship concerning the integration of women at the Air Force Academy has largely ignored men's and women's own perceptions and responses to their academy experiences. In studying the integration process at the Air Force Academy, my methodological approach places great value in centering women's voices in this story; therefore, this work will incorporate many of the existing oral histories of female cadets as well as recently gathered oral histories from women who graduated from the Air Force Academy during the integration period. By interrogating these individual cadet experiences within the larger historical context of the integration period, this work yields a deeper understanding of what it meant to be a man and a woman at this moment of radical change at the Air Force Academy. Why did men reject women as cadets? What motivated women to become cadets? How did women create a space for themselves within this rigid masculine environment? Beyond the now-familiar narratives about male close-mindedness and chauvinism, this study explores the cultural context in which men and women encountered one another in the service academies. Men and women at the Air Force Academy grappled with the integration process in unique ways; this present work focuses on how both men and women actively negotiated and renegotiated their perceptions of masculine and feminine identity during this period of momentous organizational change at the Air Force Academy.

Download or read book Attitudes Aren t Free written by James E Parco and published by Enso Books. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010, Attitudes Aren't Free: Thinking Deeply About Diversity in the US Armed Forces was published. In 2017, it was placed on the Air Force Chief of Staff's Reading List. Now, more than a decade later, with tens of thousands of copies in circulation across government, industry and academia, it has become celebrated as a model for engaging in critical discussions on social policy topics that span the spectrum of perspectives on religious expression, race, gender and sexuality with contributions from the brightest voices within the US. Since publication, the long-standing debates have continued on the proper role of religious expression within military units. We have seen increasing levels of racial and gender diversity in the senior leadership ranks. "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed by Congress. Transgender military members have since been allowed to serve openly. Today, we continue to engage the traditional ongoing dialogues but with a new focus on the #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter movements within society that have ultimately resulted in the transition of power between the 45th and 46th Presidents of the United States. Tomorrow's leaders must not only understand the changing landscape of societal attitudes of the citizens in which they serve, the mandates of our elected leaders that will serve as the Commander-in-Chief of the US Armed Services, but also to best prepare to lead the men and women of the armed services in the most effective manner possible. Volume I of tAtitudes Aren't Free: Thinking Deeply About Diversity in the Armed Forces (2010) offered a framework for improving social policy in the areas of religious expression, sexuality, race and gender by showcasing the complexity through the use of opposing perspectives. Volume II reflects on the progress made over the decade since, but instead of laying the groundwork of a plurality of perspective as in Volume I, Volume II relies on the realities of the national, institutional and personal levels using service members' lived experiences to develop a more robust understanding of life in the military for individuals from increasingly more diverse backgrounds. Ultimately, though reflective dialogue, Volume II seeks to explore and contrast the current social policies of the US Armed Services with the rhetoric that military institutions continue to espouse around the same topical areas addressed in the first volume. This is a Call to Action.

Download or read book Assembly written by West Point Association of Graduates (Organization). and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: