Defining Features

"The glass ceiling is a metephor for the invisible barrier which prevents women from getting beyond a certain level in large corporations or the public service."

"No law prohibits women from serving 'in combat.' Laws do prohibit the permanent assignment of Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force women to ships and aircraft engaged in a combat mission, and while there is no comparable stature prohibition for Army women, policies adopted by the Army and the other services further resrict women's roles."

"Whether statuary, or a matter of service policy, these prohibitions bar women in many career fielids from being assigned to positions necessary or advantageous to advancement and promotion."

 

 
SERVICE
RESTRICTIONS FOR WOMEN
PROVING THE CEILING WRONG

 

Army

86,000 Women

(11% of the active duty force)

52% of jobs currently open to women

 No statute restricts the asignment of women on the Army, but it is Army policy to exclude women from postions it determines would have routine engagment in direct combat.

 

-On July 28, 1994, Secretary Perry approved the Services' recommendations. As a result, over 80,000 more positions in the Army and Marine Corps were opened

-In 1990, three women brigadier generals are on actve duty, and both Rhodes Scholars from West Point were women.

-26,000 Army women served in Desert Storm

-In 1976 119 women were the first to enter the U.S. Military Academy at West Point

-Currently, 48.7% black women, compared to 29.1% black men

Navy

57,000 Women

7,700 Women serve 100 civilian Navy ships

(10% of the active duty force)

59% of jobs currently open to women

 Jobs for women are restricted by statute as well as Navy policy. Women can not serve on ships or fly air craft that is designated as combat. Women are allowed to serve temporary duty on combat ships and to train men to fly combat planes. Women can be assigned to auxilliary ships, such as repair, reasearch

-The FY '94 NDAA removed legislative restrictions that prohibited women from assignments aboard combatant naval vessels. As a result, over 136,000 positions were opened.

-In 1990, three women rear admirals on active duty, five women rated as Navy test-pilots, Navy astronaut aboard the challenger was the first U.S. military women to go in space, and a women assumed command of a Navy Aircraft squadron.

-1000 Women served in Desert Storm

In 1976, 81 entered the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis

- Currently, 26.8%black women, compared to 16.7% black men

-Minority representation among female Navy officers is higher then among male Navy officers

 

Marine Corps

10,000 Women

(5% of the active duty force)

20% of jobs currently open to women

 Same statute of the Navy, because the Marine Corps is part of the department of the Navy. There are other restrictions imposed by the Marine Corps as well.

 

--On July 28, 1994, Secretary Perry approved the Services' recommendations. As a result, over 80,000 more positions in the Army and Marine Corps were opened

-In 1989, Women were in command of selected Marine Corps units. In 1990, the only women general serving active duty retired.

-1,000 women Marines served Desert Storm

-Currently, 28.5%black women, compared to 18.5%black men

Air Force

77,000 Women

(14% of the active duty force)

97% of jobs currently open to women

 By statute, women are prohibited from serving in aircraft engaged in a combat mission. Exemptions include female medical, dental, chaplains, and other such professionals.

 

-In 1990, two women brigadier generals asigned active duty, and an Air Force woman is the first female shuttle pilot for NASA.

-3,800 Air Force women, in units of both the active and reserve components, served in the desert storm

In 1976, 157 entered the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs

-Currently, 23.7%black women, compared to 15.9%black men

 

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