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ties and femininities are multiple, fragmented and contradictory and thuswe outline how the UNÕs official codes of conduct for peacekeepers influencelematic constructions of masculinity (and consequently femininity). In the Paul Higate & Marsha HenryGender in Peace Support Operations483 While the empirical study included some interviews with local women and consultation with womenÕsorganizations, the study does not extensively focus on how local women construct their experiences. 01_Security Dialogue 35_4 11/15/04 12:43 PM Page 483 shapes and influences peacekeeping masculinities is the power of nationalenlist the support of local populations, providing opportunities for smallbusinesses to provide supplies to peacekeeping troops. Unfortunately, inresponse to the presence of exceptionally well-remunerated UN staff, localinconsistent nature of the income-generating possibilities offered by peaceeither military observers (commissioned officers), working in small teams onthe ground involved in patrolling and intelligence gathering, or contingentpersonnel (usually non-commissioned officers) who guard UN assets andare involved in reconstruction. The more obvious distinction betweenber of the contingent receives considerably less (perhaps a few hundred financially secure while in mission. Observers in the DRC receive between Paul Higate & Marsha HenryGender in Peace Support Operations485 01_Security Dialogue 35_4 11/15/04 12:43 PM Page 485 The activities of UN peacekeeping troops in respect of their involvementtake seriously the gender dimensions of its work. The UNÕs interventions Paul Higate & Marsha HenryGender in Peace Support Operations487 reported. Allegations of asylum fraud and the involvement of UN peacekeepers in SGBV-related [sexual 01_Security Dialogue 35_4 11/15/04 12:43 PM Page 487 The ways in which peacekeepers constructed their identities in relation toSome of the peacekeepers openly discussed the issue of sexual relations.activities. The following extract reveals one peacekeeperÕs perceptions andchallenge for them [the girls] to get [sleep with] him.Õ Paul Higate & Marsha HenryGender in Peace Support Operations489 01_Security Dialogue 35_4 11/15/04 12:44 PM Page 489 . . . all over us. [A named peacekeeper] paid one of the women to keep the others awayfrom him, they were hassling [him] so much.from him, they were hassling [him] so much.international airport in Freetown] to meet the new ones [replacement troops]. You see,international airport in Freetown] to meet the new ones [replacement troops]. You see,returning troops] . . . next thing, theyÕre picking out the ones [the new peacekeepers]womenÕ. Any notions of the profound inequalities in power and privilegediscourse of contradictory femininity. Implicit in this discourse is the notionthat non-passive women are secure, independent and far from coerced inkeepers still felt a need to keep their relations relatively invisible. Although Paul Higate & Marsha HenryGender in Peace Support Operations491 In contrast to the construction of women as passive, coy and acquiescent. 01_Security Dialogue 35_4 11/15/04 12:44 PM Page 491 which womenÕs security is being transformed.For example, pride is institutionalized through discipline and the struc-linity expressed by peacekeepers from the Indian subcontinent deployed toSierra Leone. An example of this concerned one officer explaining how localhad held discussions with Ôparamount chiefsÕ, Paul Higate & Marsha HenryGender in Peace Support Operations493 These high-status individuals Ð interestingly, not all men Ð have a political-legislative role over large numbers of people (up to 20,000) within agreed territories. 01_Security Dialogue 35_4 11/15/04 12:44 PM Page 493 security (and perhaps securities). However, the limited nature of the studypeacekeepers are in possession of more than a biologically driven Ôimpul-their interactions were far-reaching (e.g. paternity issues). Peacekeepers Ð Paul Higate & Marsha HenryGender in Peace Support Operations495 01_Security Dialogue 35_4 11/15/04 12:44 PM Page 495 . Exeter: Exeter University Press.London:Routledge. Paul Higate & Marsha HenryGender in Peace Support Operations497 01_Security Dialogue 35_4 11/15/04 12:44 PM Page 497