title: Female command presence: different problems, different powers.
abstract: Psychoanalytic theory with an understanding of group dynamics provides a means for appreciating and successfully addressing gender-related bias as encountered by a female commander in the military. Vignettes provide specific examples from which conclusions are drawn.
authors.affiliation: American Academy of Psychoanalysis and dynamic Psychiatry.
authors.forename: Sharon A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008889:Military Personnel; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011287:Prejudice; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012737:Sex Factors; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology