ABSTRACT
The u.s. military now trains women combat pilots (and even closeted homosexuals), but two military colleges are in court to defend their right as state institutions to accept only heterosexual men. This article examines the resistance to enrol women at one of these colleges, which I will refer to as ‘South East Military Institute’ (SEMI), by analysing the institution's rituals known as the ‘Ratline’ and ‘Break Out’.
