Gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war yet contentious debates and the scattering . War and gender how gender shapes the war system and vice versa gender roles are nowhere more prominent than in war yet our understanding of the relationship between gender and war is confused joshua goldstein analyzes the near total exclusion of women from combat forces through history and across cultures. Michael neiberg war and gender how gender shapes the war system and vice versa by joshua s goldstein cambridge cambridge university press 2001 xii plus. Inproceedingsgoldstein2001warag titlewar and gender how gender shapes the war system and vice versa authorj goldstein year2001 j goldstein published 2001 political science 1 a puzzle the cross cultural consistency of gender roles in war 2 women warriors the historical record