Legal Framework of the Gendered Experience of Women in Uniform

Digital surveillance measures are even useful when it comes to security and organizational efficiency, they can impact women in uniform military staff, law enforcement and other servicewomen by reinforcing gendered hierarchies and deepening privacy invasion. These women traverse a uniquely difficult space, where the overlap of obligation, control, and digital surveillance has forged a lasting tug-of-war between industry norms and individual freedom. from biometric scanners that read employees' facial expressions to GPS tracking and performance metrics that can be used for legitimate management and oversight but also can be deployed in ways that invasive and punitive of women's bodies, actions, and mantles of work, in ways that may support discrimination and harassment. Without these critical protections, digital surveillance will further embed systemic inequity rather than deliver equalizing forms of oversight.