Abstract Assistive technologies, such as exoskeletons, work to render female bodies ‘closer’ to male capabilities in armed conflict situations. At the same time, the maiming of male bodies in conflict can be charted as a persistent outcome of armed conflict that has received scant attention within the study of the gendered effects of armed conflict. War’s production of the disabled male body has also led to significant developments with respect to assistive technologies, via the work of, in particular, the US military. I argue that the investment of the US military in the development of exoskeletons, when understood alongside the US military’s investment in assistive mobility technologies for returned soldiers, raises questions about the futility of creating technology only to perpetuate the existence of the battlefield. Far from a project built on gender equality goals, investment in exoskeleton technology seemingly underlines the manner in which the male body of war will increasingly be able to return to the battlefield, to be maimed and to be restored in perpetuity. I conclude by arguing exoskeletons should be used to reimagine subjectivity, via debility, with a mindfulness of the material effects and underlying philosophical traces within subjectivity. I argue for a shift in approaching subjectivity via an intersectional and post-human model, rather than a legal subject that perpetuates modernist man, promotes a thin understanding of gender equality, or deploys exoskeletons as a tool for the destructive impulses of armed conflict.

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战争的永恒：战争的残障和平等的外骨骼

摘要外骨骼等辅助技术可在武装冲突中使女性身体“更接近”男性能力。同时，在冲突中造成男性尸体残废的情况可被视为武装冲突的持久结果，在武装冲突的性别影响研究中，这一结果很少受到关注。战争对残疾男性尸体的生产还导致了辅助技术方面的重大发展，尤其是通过美国军方的工作。我认为，与美军在为回国士兵提供辅助机动技术方面的投资一道被理解的同时，美军在外骨骼发展方面的投资引起了人们对创造技术仅能使战场永存的徒劳性的质疑。对外骨骼技术的投资似乎不是一个以性别平等目标为基础的项目，它似乎突显了男性战争主体将越来越能够重返战场，被残废并永久恢复的方式。最后，我认为外骨骼应该被用来通过虚假来重新构想主观性，同时要注意物质效果和主观性内在的哲学痕迹。我主张通过交叉的和后人类的模式来改变主观性，而不是使现代主义的人永存，促进对性别平等的瘦弱认识或部署外骨骼作为对武装冲突的破坏性冲动的工具的法律主体。对外骨骼技术的投资似乎突显了男性战争手段将越来越能够重返战场，受到残废并永久恢复的方式。最后，我认为外骨骼应该被用来通过de弱来重新构想主观性，同时要注意物质效果和主观性内在的哲学痕迹。我主张通过交叉的和后人类的模式来改变主观性，而不是使现代主义的人永存，促进对性别平等的瘦弱认识或部署外骨骼作为对武装冲突的破坏性冲动的工具的法律主体。对外骨骼技术的投资似乎突显了男性战争手段将越来越能够重返战场，受到残废并永久恢复的方式。最后，我认为外骨骼应该被用来通过de弱来重新构想主观性，同时要注意物质效果和主观性内在的哲学痕迹。我主张通过交叉的和后人类的模式来改变主观性，而不是使现代主义的人永存，促进对性别平等的瘦弱认识或部署外骨骼作为对武装冲突的破坏性冲动的工具的法律主体。通过de弱，注意物质效果和主观性内在的潜在哲学痕迹。我主张通过交叉的和后人类的模式来改变主观性，而不是使现代主义的人永存，促进对性别平等的瘦弱认识或部署外骨骼作为对武装冲突的破坏性冲动的工具的法律主体。通过de弱，注意物质效果和主观性内在的潜在哲学痕迹。我主张通过交叉的和后人类的模式来改变主观性，而不是使现代主义的人永存，促进对性别平等的瘦弱认识或部署外骨骼作为对武装冲突的破坏性冲动的工具的法律主体。