War, according to Cohn, “is symbolically and practically tied to norms of masculinity,” thus establishing all things military and war-related as primarily masculine. The crux of Con's argument is that the military suppresses femininity while preserving masculinity. She claims that women's role in war efforts is not recognized for the sake of maintaining the military masculine. While war is seen as primarily masculine, Cohn counters this point by explaining that “the actual activities in which soldiers engage would be culturally coded as 'feminine' if they did not take place within an institution that is itself coded hyper- male". Cohn concludes his argument matter-of-factly with the testimony of former U.S. Marine Corps General Robert H. Barrow who said that “war is a man's job… [women on the front lines] would trample on the male ego… one must protect the virility of war." Using the expert opinion of a Marine Corps general as evidence, Cohn justifies his argument concisely and