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Study: Mostly Women Booted By 'Don't Ask' Policy

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Pentagon statistics obtained by University of California researchers show that women are far more likely than men to be kicked out of the military under the "don't ask, don't tell policy" banning openly gay servicemembers.

Every military branch dismissed a disproportionate number of women in 2008 under the policy banning openly gay servicemembers. But the discrepancy was particularly marked in the Air Force, where women were a majority of those let go under the policy, even though they made up only 20 percent of personnel.

Across the military, women represented about one-third of the 619 people discharged based on sexual orientation. They account for just 15 percent of servicemembers.

The data was released Thursday by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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This just makes me sad.

It sounds like the military (esp Air Force) is just using this to kick women (gay or not) out. Hard to feel sorry for them when they have trouble recruiting, when it sounds like they are eager to expel otherwise "qualified" people who want to be there.

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