Analysis Of American Sexual Ties By Elizabeth Reis

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In the documentary, gays and lesbians has to lie to further conceal their feelings towards the same gender to the officers. Questions were asked before people can be enlisted into the army and the only way they can enlist into the army was to lie. They have to lie about not liking the same gender and to forcibly admit that they have feelings for the opposite sex. It was hard for many homosexuals to reveal their feelings to the public. They have to act and behave differently. This can relate to the book American Sexual Histories by Elizabeth Reis because in the chapter that talks about lesbian pulp, shows how the society viewed homosexuals. Fiction romance novels that talks about relationship between women were published to the public and criticism

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