The problem with sexuality in the military is the lack of it... or an appropriate outlet. We're not supposed to have pornography let alone engage in sex with others. The military is made up of young males. We happen to like sex a lot.
Gah, you guys try being in an all-male unit for a year in the desert with only contraband porno to remind you that women even exist. Makes ya a little crazy. At first I didn't even know what to do with my then wife on midtour, but I was pretty sure it involved my junk in her box and wild hip thrusts.
The military establishes order by segregating the genders, it doesn't know how to deal with same-sex crap. Homosexuality fucks this obvious and paint-by-the-numbers system up in that it isn't a visible trait that can be put in an Excel spreadsheet.
How does this apply to homosexuality? If straight guys can't have sex while deployed... neither should gay guys. What does that mean? Segregation.
I'm all for having whatever-human-you-are and whatever-you-like-to-fuck in the military... but in practice? Equality doesn't blend well in combat zones. Not very many transvestites make the cut. The Israelis tried that co-ed thing and it failed. Gays and lesbians need to keep a low profile due to how the military already segregates the genders physically and with policy.
Sometimes gender and sexual preference segregation works... especially in those times when people are trying to blow your limbs off and shoot at you.
Focus, focus.
As much as it sucked... I'm glad that I didn't have a pair of tits in ACUs distracting me while I was tinkering with roadside bombs in Afghanistan. I'm also glad that some guy wasn't fantasizing about plugging my backside at the same time. Crude? Yeah, but that's the military. We do real dangerous work and that means not having equal rights.
Last edited by Plan9; 12-13-2007 at 05:52 PM..
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