Military boot camp trains recruits to equate manhood with acquisition of phallic dominance
Evidence
We got a semi time-killing/inspirational speech by a drill sergeant today. He had some hilarious jokes. He said that all men had a clit until graduation and as graduation got close our clit moved faster and faster as we got more excited and finally at graduation our clits turned into penises and we became Men. What an eloquent analogy. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 584
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The intimidation in boot camp suppresses basic bodily assertiveness in recruits; Penetration and dominance define the idealized military masculinity groomed on bases; Militarist ritual organizes male psychology into a defense against disturbing sexual desires. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1371 (+3 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The intimidation in boot camp suppresses basic bodily assertiveness in recruits; Penetration and dominance define the idealized military masculinity groomed on bases; Militarist ritual organizes male psychology into a defense against disturbing sexual desires. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1371 (+3 more)