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Don't Ask Don't Tell Problem? I agree that the DADT rule is senseless and quite pointless. However, my reasons for this are because A) It doesn't STOP gays from serving in the military (pointless), B) Allowing them to serve openly doesn't necessarily mean that every gay person in the military is going to start wearing rainbow pins and buttless fatigues (senseless). <<<Dry humor.
This is what concerns me: the shower problem. Much like many straight women do not want to shower with and/or be nude in front of straight men (rightly so), many straight men are not comfortable with being naked or showering with gay men. However, straight women get sympathy for their feelings and desires to protect their modesty, while straight men get judged, berated, and labeled homophobic. How is this fair? And is this not a double standard? Has the military even taken this into consideration with the issue of being forced to shower together and considered curtains or something similar? The whole setup is almost like a subtle form of humiliation. "You belong to the government and as you will stand naked before God on Judgment Day, so shall you stand naked and vulnerable before your government." <<< Slight over-exaggeration but you get my point, yeah?
So what do you think? Do you think it's fair to force the troops to abandon their modesty before gays (i.e. showering together)? What can be done to prevent from the awkwardness? These people aren't bigots, in my opinion, they have every right to be uncomfortable with a situation like that. | | I highly doubt that the type of gay man who couldn't keep his hands to himself in a shower is the type of gay man who would enlist in the military. |
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