ABSTRACT
For women, family constraints may impinge on women’s choices, regardless of concerted attempts to prevent gender from negatively impacting women’s military careers. Segal (1988) discusses the “greedy” nature of family/household responsibilities and the equally “greedy” nature of military career demands. When demands of both are incompatible, it may be that socialization of women to meet family demands over career pushes them out of the military. Since career demands increase as rank increases, this would mean women would be less likely than men to attain higher ranks.
