I will attempt to show how social construction and the Don’t ask, Don’t tell initiative collided together that resulted in much dissention, hatred, and violence in the military. I will attempt to show how this social problem became an outcry for all parties views to be considered and ultimately for action to be taken to alleviate such oppression.
Helping the Military
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Don’t ask, Don’t Tell policy was enacted as a result in the military’s discrimination towards gay and lesbian people wishing to enter into the military. Bill Clinton then proposed and put into effect a law or “loophole” that would allow for gay and lesbians to enter into the military if they were able to stay quiet about their sexuality. So don’t ask don’t …show more content…
Social construction seems clear in that someone can say: this could not exist if we had not built it, and we did not have to build it at all, and at the very least, did not have to build it in its present form (Dolgon, Baker, 2011). This idea of creating barriers in people socially by constructing a social problem such as discrimination of gay and lesbian people is done so at an individual level. Without individual’s acting in hatred and prejudice, we would not have many of the social problems that exist today as a result of such behavioral problems in people. However, this is reality and a fallen world that we are living in that requires much consideration of every individual regardless of their race, culture, sexuality, gender, or nationality. To what end does this social reality keep creating barriers one must ask to finally move forward with equality, fairness, and love for one another. All views have their argument in their own right, but each view has its “cons” if you will, that keep from an overall consensus and harmony between all parties involved to create peaceful and truthful life experience. Early military authorities created this social reality as a reaction of oppression and violence within the military. This created a vacuum effect that would unintentionally trigger the construction of many barriers between people and their
Helping the Military
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Don’t ask, Don’t Tell policy was enacted as a result in the military’s discrimination towards gay and lesbian people wishing to enter into the military. Bill Clinton then proposed and put into effect a law or “loophole” that would allow for gay and lesbians to enter into the military if they were able to stay quiet about their sexuality. So don’t ask don’t …show more content…
Social construction seems clear in that someone can say: this could not exist if we had not built it, and we did not have to build it at all, and at the very least, did not have to build it in its present form (Dolgon, Baker, 2011). This idea of creating barriers in people socially by constructing a social problem such as discrimination of gay and lesbian people is done so at an individual level. Without individual’s acting in hatred and prejudice, we would not have many of the social problems that exist today as a result of such behavioral problems in people. However, this is reality and a fallen world that we are living in that requires much consideration of every individual regardless of their race, culture, sexuality, gender, or nationality. To what end does this social reality keep creating barriers one must ask to finally move forward with equality, fairness, and love for one another. All views have their argument in their own right, but each view has its “cons” if you will, that keep from an overall consensus and harmony between all parties involved to create peaceful and truthful life experience. Early military authorities created this social reality as a reaction of oppression and violence within the military. This created a vacuum effect that would unintentionally trigger the construction of many barriers between people and their