Gender role reversal: Civilian husbands of U.S. military servicewomen as tied-migrant workers

  • Dowling, L. E., Jackson, J. B., & Landers, A. L. (2024). Gender role reversal: Civilian husbands of U.S. military servicewomen as tied-migrant workers. Family Relations, 73(1), 441-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12936
  • This qualitative study explored civilian husbands’ experiences as “tied-migrant workers” – spouses whose careers and employment opportunities tend to rely on their wives’ military careers. The tied-migrant worker experience may be especially unique for husbands in patriarchal cultures, which expect men to be the family’s main financial provider; the study therefore explored how civilian husbands viewed their masculinity in light of their tied-migrant worker role. 22 civilian husbands were interviewed about their experience being married to Servicewomen and how this related to their perceptions of their masculinity. 3 themes emerged: shifts in perceptions of masculinity, the feeling of being a minority in the military, and the complexities of being a tiedmigrant worker.

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