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'''{{w|Kjersti Ericsson}}''' (born 18 January 1944 in {{w|Oslo}}, [[Norway]]) is a Norwegian psychologist, criminologist, writer, poet and former politician. She is Professor of Criminology at the Faculty of Law of the {{w|University of Oslo}}.

 

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== Quotes==

* The link between [[power]] and [[gender]], as expressed through the gender [[hierarchy]] of men/[[masculinity]] over [[women]]/[[feminity]], becomes especially pronounced in times of war. War [[fighting]] and masculinity are both 'symbolically and practically linked'. The masculinity that is promoted and [[privileged]] is a [[militarized]] masculinity: 'how masculinities and men ''become'' militarized, [and] about the ways in which masculinity and the military ''become'' linked'. Men, as [[citizen]]-[[warriors]], go to war to protect [[innocent]] civilians, namely women and children. Women, of course, also matter for the [[state]] [[Women in war|in times of war]] as [[daughters]], [[mothers]] and [[wives]] of [[soldiers]]. thereby reinforcing their domestic [[identity]].