<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Irene Kamberidou</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GENDER INTEGRATION IN THE MILITARY: GENDER-NEUTRAL STANDARDS AND COED SPORTS</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European Journal of Physical Education and Sport Science</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">https://oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejep/article/view/2566/5204</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Access Publishing Group</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23-45</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;This paper focuses on the socio-cultural aspects of gender integration in the Armed Forces, arguing for gender-neutral standards. It begins with a detailed literature review relevant to women’s integration in the military, subsequently focusing on Greece, and in the final analysis arguing that coed military sport participation and exercises serve as a means of bridging the gender-divide and eliminating gender harassment. Though coed sport (mixed-gender teams) as a tool for women’s inclusion and integration in the military seems to be part of the solution, it is a topic on which research is scarce (Kefi Chatzichamperi, 2018, 2019). This study does not examine physiologic attributes: biological and anatomical differences or research on sex hormones and how they affect the nervous system and physical strength, and subsequently soldier performance (Tenan, 2017). Using a qualitative theoretical approach, it discusses the social dimensions of evidence-based research&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;on why and how gender integration is relevant. It includes current and ongoing studies presented at the 14&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; Conference of the European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS), hosted by the Hellenic Army Academy in Athens, indicating that a main challenge in the military today is to ensure a gender balance through women’s inclusion, active engagement and retention. Research&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;emphasizes the&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;need for&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;change in the military culture on all levels—legal and organizational—including gender-awareness and diversity training, especially on the complimentary skills that both genders bring to the table as opposed to the &quot;wastage of talent&quot; (Kamberidou, 2013). Certainly, establishing gender-neutral standards to eliminate sexism, and promote inclusion and integration is a complex and multifaceted process, the reason researchers in the social sciences use a variety of theoretical approaches (Patsantaras, 2015, 2013; Seagrave, 2016). The results indicate that the gender participation gap continues&lt;em&gt; &lt;/em&gt;in all current military organizations&lt;em&gt;: &lt;/em&gt;Hungary holding the highest female participation rate (19.3%) and Turkey the lowest (0.8%).&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keywords:&lt;/strong&gt; Degendering, gender/sex distinction, gender harassment, armed forces, homophobia, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), mixed-gender sports&lt;/p&gt;
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