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Consensual Sex Crimes In The Armed Forces: A Primer For The Uninformed, Walter T. Cox Iii
Consensual Sex Crimes In The Armed Forces: A Primer For The Uninformed, Walter T. Cox Iii
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy
Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject to this chapter may be guilty, . . . shall be punished at the discretion of that court.5 To implement this congressionally-enacted prohibition, the President, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has deemed by executive order that a number of acts are punishable under this Article.
Legal Impediments To Service: Women In The Military And The Rule Of Law, Linda Strite Murnane
Legal Impediments To Service: Women In The Military And The Rule Of Law, Linda Strite Murnane
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy
Some of those who served did so by disguising themselves as men.6 A number of women had served as spies, as was the case of Rose O'Neal Greenhow, who was arrested and imprisoned for supplying the Confederate Army with information, and Pauline Cushman, who was sentenced to be executed as a Union spy during the War Between the States.7 The first woman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, Dr. Mary Walker, provided her services as a doctor free of charge to Union forces in Virginia and Tennessee.8 She had asked the Union Army to hire her as a doctor, …
Women In Combat: Is The Current Policy Obsolete?, Martha Mcsally
Women In Combat: Is The Current Policy Obsolete?, Martha Mcsally
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy
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Silent Sacrifices: The Impact Of “Don’T Ask, Don’T Tell” On Lesbian And Gay Military Families, Kathi Westcott, Rebecca Sawyer
Silent Sacrifices: The Impact Of “Don’T Ask, Don’T Tell” On Lesbian And Gay Military Families, Kathi Westcott, Rebecca Sawyer
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy
The sacrifices of the nation's 65,000 lesbian, gay, and bisexual military personnel2 and the one million lesbian, gay, and, bisexual veterans, however, have only recently garnered significant attention.3 Media stories such as that of former Army Sergeant Bleu Copas, an Arabic linguist with the 82nd Airborne, illustrate the impact of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law on individual service members as well as the law's impact on the military's personnel needs.4 Yet the impact of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on gay military families has garnered little public attention because few families headed by a same-sex couple, in which one partner …
Constructing The Co-Ed Military, Elaine Donnelly
Constructing The Co-Ed Military, Elaine Donnelly
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy
During a pre-launch test of the Apollo One spacecraft,1 an electrical spark ignited the pure-oxygen atmosphere inside the cramped capsule, killing astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chafee.2 Critics demanded to know why the mechanical and electrical engineers of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) failed to recognize the inherent dangers of operating in a pure-oxygen environment. To ensure that the intent of Congress is carried out with regard to homosexuals in the military, the Secretary of Defense should: * Improve understanding and enforcement of the law by eliminating the Clinton Administration's enforcement regulations, known as "Don't Ask, …
Military Sex Scandals From Tailhook To The Present: The Cure Can Be Worse Than The Disease, Kingsley R. Browne
Military Sex Scandals From Tailhook To The Present: The Cure Can Be Worse Than The Disease, Kingsley R. Browne
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy
On Friday and Saturday of the convention, "hospitality suites" hosted by various flight squadrons were the scene of what can accurately be described as debauchery.6 The activities included performances by female strippers, sexual interaction with these strippers,7 drinking "belly/navel shots,"8 which entails men drinking alcohol out of women's navels, "butt biting"9 and leg shaving,10 which are what they sound like, and "ball walking," which consisted of fully clothed male officers walking around with their genitals exposed.11 The activities spread into the third-floor hall linking the suites. A "gauntlet" (or "gantlet")-a double line of male aviators, one on each side of …