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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu
Is there anyone in this thread that has combat experience or at least combat training experience that thinks its a good idea for people to be open about their homosexuality?
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I was in the army for a weekend once.
I don't think it is appropriate for the occupation. I have nothing against homosexuals, but there is a perfectly reasonable motivation as to why the military only wants heterosexual males to occupy the "combat arms" occupations. Simplicity. It is easier to manage like-minded drones.
The military is essentially adult day care for violent henchmen and it's easiest to maintain control over a homogeneous (har-har, I said homo) group of stereotypical angsty woman-humping males than it is integrate different the two biological genders and whatever sexual orientations may exist into the mix. The military wants to try to keep things basic. Although it once was, race isn't an issue from what I've experienced. The excuse to keep women out of combat arms is that men can't psychologically handle seeing a woman blown in half. Honestly... after being deployed for a while, I doubt anything blown in half would really shock me: Man, woman, or child. The excuse to keep open gays out of military is that "it's icky" and that it would violate some conservative sense of military discipline and decorum. I can't argue with that. The military has a hard enough time with male-on-female sexual harassment issues.
Studies from the Israeli military found too many drama issues with coed combat units. The problem with homosexual males in a combat unit is that it's like having a girl... but a big ugly hairy one that gets to see you take a shower in a trailer with no privacy curtains. We're really insecure about that stuff.
Military Spirit: I submit that there were no openly gay Vikings. The military is a place of manly-men and homosexual males are not considered "real men." It's hard to get Sergeant Ultimate Badass to befriend Corporal Cupcake. Sexual orientation equates to more than just what you do with your genitals during your free time in the military. Homosexuality means weakness, ineptitude, being a total pussy, unreliable, won't kill the bad guys, might touch my no-no hole, etc.
Seriously... how would a drill sergeant insult an openly gay private? Call him Princess? Hah, they use that on the straight guys.
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God, sexual orientation and gender roles are freakin' confusing. Pfft, no wonder the military doesn't like homosexuals...
It's beyond the 7th grade reading level to understand the implications.