Military Service of Homosexuals in the American Army: A Scene of the Culture War
Military Service of Homosexuals in the American Army: A Scene of the Culture War

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the question of the presence of homosexuality under conditions of military service in the United States. The legal perspective of the text is embedded in the comprehensive reflection from the field of philosophy and psychology that constitutes its important background as some integral strand of narrative. The key notion of the whole text concentrates on patriarchy as a model of power, its conception and execution – and some source of acute and primary experiences that touch people. The system of patriarchy is founded on discrimination and the figure of a homosexual as the target of that discrimination and the rationale of patriarchy’s legitimisation appears as well. The institution of the army is a very essential and concentrated laboratory of patriarchal processes. The text has an ambition to present not only the work of patriarchy but also: some ways of effective conversion of destructive aspects of patriarchy into the constructive state of individual and (consequently) social wellness as some optimal state for military goals and tasks’ realisation.

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