The military and the family are “greedy institutions” that require the full attention of their members. Being aware of the tension between work and family, the United States military has developed family support policies that are more generous than legally required to ensure personnel readiness. However, family formation remains a major obstacle for recruitment, retention, and integration of women. Using administrative data, this research shows that fathers were more likely to leave prematurely for family reasons than childless men, particularly among non-Hispanic Black and American Indian/Alaska Native men. However, women who gave birth while in service were much less likely to leave for work–family reasons than childless women, while the same could not be said for women who joined as mothers and had no additional children. The results reflect the gendered logic of the organization and the narrow conceptualization of work–family conflict, both of which perpetuate gender-role stereotypes.

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有些父母幸存，有些则没有：军队和家庭是“贪婪的机构”

军队和家庭是需要其成员充分关注的“贪婪机构”。意识到工作和家庭之间的紧张关系，美国军方制定了比法律要求更慷慨的家庭支持政策，以确保人员准备就绪。然而，家庭的形成仍然是招募、留住和融入女性的主要障碍。使用行政数据，这项研究表明，与没有孩子的男性相比，父亲更有可能因家庭原因过早离开，尤其是在非西班牙裔黑人和美洲印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民男性中。然而，与没有孩子的女性相比，在服务期间分娩的女性因工作和家庭原因离开的可能性要小得多，而对于以母亲身份加入且没有额外孩子的女性来说则不然。