The Amazon's Right Breast by Tom Kratman was an essay included a collection of free nonfiction from 2011 released by Baen Books.
Quotes:
"Eros makes Mars his Bitch."
"It’s interesting, isn’t it, that in trying to equate racial integration with gender and gender-orientation integration, people in favor of the latter ignore the history of military racial integration."
Synopsis:
Primarily this essay is concerned with the author's opposition to integrating women in the combat arms of the military. It uses historical examples, both pro and con. But goes into detail of why some of the examples that have worked (for certain values of worked) in the past in other societies wouldn't work in a modern western society.
Thoughts:
If I'd known what the subject of the essay was before I started it, I probably wouldn't have read it. Not because I disagree with the basic sentiment, but just the opposite. I not only agree, but I find that those on the other side of the issue are either too dishonest, or too stupid to have a constructive discussion about it. That's why my synopsis is a bit sparse to say the least. Overall it's well written and has some interesting examples, including some I wasn't aware of. That said, there are some boomerisms I found annoying. Overall though it is a very good work on the subject, just beware the boomer if you choose to read it.
Ghengis Kratman FTW. Yeah, he's a Boomer, and identity complicated as VD says, but he's one of my favorite boomers. Love the Carrera stories, and his take on the Bolo stories (living, sapient super tanks conceived of by Kieth Laumer) was fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThe blog post kind feels like there was more after "That said, there are some boomerisms I found annoying." Were you going to give examples? Or something else? Like "Those [the boomerisms] aside, it's an excellent essay."?
God bless!
-WR
So far I've only read the three books he wrote with John Ringo, but I did enjoy those very much and I have a couple of his other books in my tbr.
DeleteI have this writing flaw where I think of a line, but then don't bother to write it down. It's a flaw I'm working on, that obviously still needs more work. Thanks for pointing it out here, I have updated the post so it isn't so incomplete.