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Sexing the history of Indian anti‐colonial internationalism: White women, Indian men and the politics of the personal

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract In contrast to the wealth of literature on the gendered and sexual politics of Indian nationalism, studies on the internationalisation of Indian anti‐colonial nationalism are rarely informed by the twin themes of gender and sexuality. As Indian activists traversed international political spaces in the early twentieth century, they frequently ...
Joanna Simonow
wiley   +1 more source

Selling soldiering: Marketisation, gender complementarity and the promise of military femininity in 1990s Sweden

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the first large‐scale attempts to recruit women as soldiers and officers in 1990s Sweden, focusing on the techniques and promises employed by the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF). Building on a wide range of documents and audiovisual sources, we demonstrate how the SAF utilised various marketing techniques, including ...
Sanna Strand, Fia Cottrell‐Sundevall
wiley   +1 more source

Putting the Femme in Feminist: Trans Feminism and the ‘Male Lesbian’ in the American Second Wave

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A slur, a joke or a post‐structuralist case of mistaken identity. To the extent that the male lesbian has been discussed, she has figured dismissively. Yet throughout the period historicised as American feminism's second wave, potentially thousands of trans femmes organised under this identity. Despite being entirely overlooked in scholarship,
Aino Pihlak, Emily Cousens
wiley   +1 more source

Protective Properties of Standard Combat Clothing Against Skin Penetration of Supertoxic Lethal Chemical Warfare Agents

open access: closed, 1999
The protective effect of various layers of standard combat clothing was quantified in biological experiments according to the decrease of percutaneous toxicity of main types of contemporary supertoxic lethal chemical warfare agents. The protective effect is expressed as protective index IP50 (corresponding to the multiple of percutaneous LD50) in ...
Jiřı́ Matoušek
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

PENETRATION STUDIES OF ICE WITH APPLICATION TO ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC WARFARE

open access: closed, 1965
Abstract : Impact tests were made on floating ice slabs with particular attention devoted to the mechanism of penetration. The range of values investigated for the basic parameters was: impact velocity, 8 ft/sec - 21 ft/ sec; projectile mass, 4.56 lb - 5.22 lb and penetrator diameter, 5/16 in. - 1-1/ 4 in.
Bernard Ross
openalex   +3 more sources

Chemical Warfare Agent VX Penetration Through Military Uniform and Human Skin

open access: closed, 2005
Most well-known warfare chemicals have similar molecular structures as the organophosphorus compounds. Percutaneous absorption and regional variation form the final barrier between the “outside” and the “inside” of the body where toxicity occurs. Percutaneous absorption is influenced by moisture, and certainly a soldier or civilian will sweat, and it ...
Rebecca Wester   +2 more
openalex   +3 more sources

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