In Susan Faludi’s article The Naked Citadel she explains that we are all unique but we also are not all that different from each other. We are easily noticed by our race, religion, sex and habits but at the end of the day we are all humans. I believe her thesis is explained when she states “What makes the schools Reconstruction-era mission important is that in so many ways it remains current; the masculine and industrial culture of our age and that of the conquered South may have more in common than we care to imagine. Again, we are at a psychic and economic crisis point for manhood. Again, the gun issues hide the butter issues: the bombast masks a deep insecurity about employment and usefulness in a world where gentlemen soldiers are anachronism
