New Blog Post: Who Are We Helping? Militarized Masculinities, Imperialist Politics and the War in Afghanistan

In our latest blog post Nicole Wegner maps the promotion of a nuanced militarized masculine ideal type—the Canadian “helpful hero”—to demonstrate how this gender trope functioned to legitimize Canada’s 2001-2014 military contributions to the War in Afghanistan.

Wagner’s essay is the winner of the 2019 Cynthia Enloe Award.

Read the essay “Helpful heroes and the political utility of militarized masculinities“ here.