And the flag was still there : straight people, gay people, and sexuality in the U.S. military / Lois Shawver
- Bib ID:
- 513675
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Shawver, Lois
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- Description:
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- New York : Haworth Press, c1995
- xiv, 262 p. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 1560249099 (alkaline paper)
- 1560238518 (alkaline paper) (paperback)
- Series:
- Haworth gay and lesbian studies.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword / Margarethe Cammermeyer
- Ch. 1. Why the Military Would Ban Homosexuals. Why the Military Wants to Ban Homosexuals. How Do We Decide about the Ban? A Reason to Think It Might Work. Recognizing Our Cultural Context
- Ch. 2. The Question of Heterosexual Modesty. The Mystery of Modesty. The Prudishness of Americans. The Development of Modesty in American Children. What Our Modesty Myths Tell Us. The Real Effect of Modesty Traditions. Our Modesty Folklore and Homosexuality
- Ch. 3. Nakedness and the Etiquette of Disregard. Where Do We Find the Etiquette of Disregard? The Flexibility of Our Modesty Concerns. Violations of the Etiquette of Disregard. Homosexual Violation of Disregard with Heterosexuals
- Ch. 4. Why Some People Dislike Gays. Five Homosexual Myths. Who Dislikes Homosexuals?
- Ch. 5. The Problem with Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Three Men Who Formed Their Homosexual Identity in the Military. What It Means to Form a Gay Identity.
- The Stages of Forming a Homosexual Identity
- Ch. 6. How Many Homosexuals Are There Really? The Myth of the True Homosexual. Research on Proportions Who Engage in Homosexual Activity. The Military Situation
- Ch. 7. How Would Homosexuals Affect Morale? Military Predictions of Disaster Unfounded. Why It Seems that Removing the Ban Will Work
- Ch. 8. Stories of Real People Hurt by the Ban. How Homosexuals Get Booted Out. How Homosexuals Get Caught. How Homosexuals Get Outwitted. The Easy Catch. The Accused Homosexual. The Homosexual Who Outwits the Interrogator
- Ch. 9. How It Would Work in Our Post Cold War Military. The Pros and Cons of a Shift in Military Philosophy. Can the Military Change? Homosexuals in the New Military. What Can be Done to Facilitate the Change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-249) and index.
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- Publication date:
- 1995
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