This book was suggested for a selected reading in my 300 level sociology class and I thought I would stop by Amazon and reflect a bit on how I (as a student) feel about it.
First off, I have been in college 3 years now, so I am certiantly not oblivious to the fact that about 90% of social science professors are complete and utter flakes that are about as deep as a mud puddle. That said, our reading from this book was about on par with any other discussion I have ever had on the subject of HIV/AIDS or homosexuality in school. Quite frankly, they look at the world with blinders on, and this work is very much a case in point.
As opposed to giving any kind of objective overview of the subject at hand, it prefaces everything based upon this whimsical notion of gay victim-hood, as if that alone is supposed to alleviate any sort of responsibility by the author to fairly and objectively cover material? I think not.
Having to do readings like this makes me very happy that I decided upon biology as a major, as opposed to the folks in social science dept who view the scientific method and the rules of evidence as only a rough guide for scholarly pursuits. 90% Supposition and conjecture is not what I pay over 200 dollars a credit hour for.
Since I only read small portions of this book, I still thought it correct to give the book 4 stars since it would be unfair of me to downgrade a work I have not completed. However, based upon what I did read, It is likely a safe assumption that the remainder is filled with more of the same.
