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DADT’s Disproportionate Effect on Women

This morning’s New York Times reports on Pentagon data collected by SLDN showing the Army and Air Force discharged a disproportionate number of women in 2007 under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) law. Reporter Thom Shanker writes, “While women make up 14% of Army personnel, 46% of those discharged under the policy last year were women. And while 20% of Air Force personnel are women, 49% of its discharges under the policy last year were women.” According to SLDN executive director Aubrey Sarvis, “Women make up fifteen percent of the armed forces, so to find they represent nearly fifty percent of Army and Air Force discharges under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is shocking,” Click here to read the article in its entirety. -Victor Maldonado

Labels: don't ask don't tell, New York Times, women

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06-23-08