Highly readable, precise and meticulously documented, Exclusion is the most comprehensive study ever published on the question of homosexuals in the armed forces.
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The author of this timely, sure-to-be-controversial study maintains that the rationale behind the ban on homosexuals in the military is "the result of applying common sense and experience to discernible characteristics of homosexuals. . . ." Wells-Petry argues that federal courts over the last few decades have generally ruled that the homosexual exclusion policy does not violate civil rights and that the ban is justified, at least in part, by abundant evidence of the dire medical consequences of homosexual practices (which require expensive specialized treatment). The author, a major in the Army Judge Advocate General's Office, question s the Kinsey Report statistic that approximately one-tenth of the American population is gay (a figure often cited to support the argument that homosexuals already constitute a significant proportion of the military). A more accurate estimate, she contends, is 1% or 2%. The ban should stand, Wells-Petry argues, because open admission of homosexuals into the armed services would adversely affect morale and combat-readiness. The book will be a much-cited reference in the continuing national debate.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Offensive, through and through!!!,
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This review is from: Exclusion: Homosexuals and the Right to Serve (Hardcover)
This book is just rational-sounding rehash of all the military's ridiculous arguments for excluding lesbians and gay men from the military. And being a woman is supposed to somehow excuse her bigotry. It's sad seeing her use the feminist hyphenated last name, when clearly her use of that name is to scream to the world that she's married (read: heterosexual, read: not gay in the slightest). This book repeats all kinds of crazy, outdate studies about gay male promiscuity. She might as well have spoken about Richard Gere and hamsters while she was at it. She assumes that all gays, especially gay men, are sex addicts and never once explains why being a man and having had sex with a man somehow makes one unworthy. This book is ridiculous; I pat myself on the back for having the strength to have finished reading it. Further, the author fails to notice any of the outstanding writing about discrimination in the military written by feminists and lesbian writers. Definitely be ready to be horrified if you ever glance at this mess!
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