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Review of ‘Life at Camp’ Chief Doris Sumner’s memoir, ‘Life at Camp’ is essential—if not required—reading for anyone/everyone interested in a military career and deserves to know certain minuscule facts—that don’t easily come to light—which contribute mightily to the quality of the experience one might have.
Chief Sumner’s provocative story unpacks what often feels like never-ending transgressions towards women soldiers—and unabashedly reveals the reality of male privilege—within the national guard. This is a needed to be told tale of one relentlessly brave woman’s journey, moral courage, intestinal fortitude, and professional outrage.
It’s a tale of the allies she acquires along the way; and those pseudo-allies, who often posture authentically, as such, while their actions, or lack thereof—are more akin to white lies—in terms of their true feelings about a level playing field between women and men. As a result of not wanting to lose their unearned privilege their white lies eventually morph into alibis for not doing the right thing, which consistently become bye-byes said by countless women departing
The Guard, who far too often had their once-upon-a-time dreams crushed, simply because of their devalued gendered reality, and audacity to expect equality.
So, who should read ‘Life at Camp,’ an unpretentious novel that provides a behind-the-scene glimpse of the sexism and sexual harassment that is somehow illogically ignored/dismissed by the sanctioned military classism (hierarchies) that abounds in most—if not all—military camps? Women interested in a military career must read this book. Men interested in transcending their socialization must read this book. Men who desire to be courageous in varied contexts, men who dare to be brave enough to transcend the good old boy network must read this book. Men interested in making this world a better place for the women in their lives (daughters, romantic partners, spouses, mothers, friends, colleagues) must read this book. And of course people with an inherent sense of fair play would also benefit from reading this compelling story.
— — Dr. J.W. Wiley
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