War, violence and the existential female warrior - a comparative historical analysis of Sisters in Arms

核心问题：女性化的战争一定会减少暴力吗？主题声明：尽管有妇女参与前线的历史，但战争研究长期以来一直由男性经验主导。这篇论文将通过揭示女性的战争经历，为男性主导的安全、防御和政治冲突研究提供另一种选择--摆脱将女性仅仅视为战争受害者的女权主义文学，转而关注女性作为代理人的角色，积极选择参与武装冲突。这是一个重要的研究领域，因为女权主义文学通常假设女性天生不像男性那样暴力，这导致了人们的预期，即更女性化的政治必然等同于更和平的政治。随着越来越多的军队前线职位向女性开放，与ISIS作战的女性自由斗士的壮观场面占据了全球的头条新闻，这项研究将及时分析长期以来认为的女性和男性战争倾向之间的二分法。

Core question: Is feminised warfare necessarily less violent? Topic statement: The study of war has long been dominated by the male experience, despite a history of women's participation on the front-line. This thesis will offer an alternative to the male-dominated study of security, defence and political conflict by shedding light on the female experience of war - moving away from the feminist literature on women as solely the victims of war to concentrate on the role of women as agential actors, actively choosing to participate in armed conflict. This is a significant area of study because feminist literature commonly assumes women to be inherently less violent than men, leading to the expectation that a more feminised politics would necessarily equate to a more peaceful politics. With more and more front-line positions in the military being opened up to women, and the spectacle of ISIS-fighting female Peshmerga forces grabbing headlines globally, this research will provide a timely analysis of the long-assumed dichotomy between feminine and masculine predispositions to war.