West Point Cadet Projects: Deconstructing Patriotism and Cross-Dressing in the Military

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Former Virginia Congressman and Navy Seal Scott Taylor tweeted a photo of a list of classes he said are being taught at West Point, and his tweet is going viral:

The classes, lectures, seminars (?) are: —Deconstructing Patriotism: Exploring Postmodernism and US Army Recruitment Amidst the Lack of a National Narrative —Uniformed Perspectives: The Evolution of Cross-Dressing in the Military and Gender Norms —Do My Leaders ‘Get’ Me?: Unpacking the Importance of Representation in the Military —Harder Rights: An Approach to Espoused Values and Behavior Inconsistency

What in the world??! Is this a warfighting military academy or a woke liberal arts college?

The top part of the image where the words are cut off appears to read “Project Name”. We don’t know if this is related, but West Point just held its annual “Projects Day Research Symposium”. (Article | Photos)

At the bottom of this graphic lists West Point Professor Morten Ender as the Point of Contact. His biography page on the West Point website states he is a Professor of Sociology and the Co-Chair of West Point’s Diversity & Inclusion Studies Minor.

See this post on our website about West Point’s Sociology Department. His page lists the courses he’s taught:

Military Families – (Graduate Course) Advanced Analytic Methods – (Graduate Course) The Sociology of the Self Concept – (Graduate Course) Organizational Culture & Socialization – (Graduate Course) Intercollegiate Seminar on Inequality Qualitative Research Methods German Life and Culture Marriage and the Family Sociological Theory Social Inequality Race, Class, Gender, & Ethnicity Introduction to Sociology Armed Forces and Society Capstone Course – Colloquium in Sociology Independent Study – Sociology, Psychology, and Leadership Cinematic Images of War and the Military Introduction to Psychology Introduction to Contemporary Social Problems Social Psychology The Family Deviance & Social Control Deviant Behavior The Sociology of Death and Dying Military Sociology Readings in Sociology Family Violence

Professor Ender is also the author of an academic published paper (written while at West Point) entitled, “Dinner and a Conversation: Transgender Integration at West Point and Beyond.”

Abstract

In 2016, the United States military lifted the ban on transgender members serving and are expected to begin accessions of transgender service members in 2017. A paucity of research exists on transgender matters in the military, especially on attitudes towards cisgender service members. This study deploys a qualitative methodology, comprised of 21 focus groups of undergraduate cadets and advanced schooled Army officers (N = 110), at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, using a semi-structured interview protocol.

Overall, a diversity of experiences and familiarity with transgender people surfaced among cadets and officers. We distinguish between experiences and familiarity on a spectrum by introducing notions of transgender tourism and cosmopolitanism. Major concerns associated with (un)comfortableness emerged from the focus groups including privacy, physical standards, well-being, and costs. Interventions are offered by the participants based on their major concerns. We recommend education, increased cosmopolitism, privacy considerations, narrowing the civil-military propinquity (the state of being close to someone or something; proximity) gap, and more studies of diversity and inclusion issues in the military.

Ender is also a main editor of the book, “Inclusion in the American Military: A Force for Diversity,” which states

“The goal of this book is to provide an overview of the ways in which diversity has been addressed in the military by providing information about particular forms of diversity including race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality.”

Gateway Pundit, a news site that receives over six million views per day, published this article: US Military Academy Introduces Woke Curriculum with Courses on Deconstructing Patriotism, Cross-Dressing in the Military, Gender Norms, and Representation in the Ranks. The comment section on this article and on Twitter show Americans are beyond angry that West Point is teaching topics like this.

These “projects” have no business being presented, covered or researched at an American warfighter military academy.

The Department head is COL Everett S. P. Spain, US Army. Contact him to ask why taxpayers should pay for a civilian professor to promote such topics unbefitting to an American military academy.

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