Well... lets see... corporate America = a choice to be at that position. In the military you go where told, work with who you are told, and do what you are told.
Obviously you've never been in corporate management.
One will get passed over for many upper level jobs if they are not willing to relocate. Travel is mandatory the larger your corporation and the higher you are up the chain. Unless you are the CEO, you have a boss, they tell you what to do, who you work with, initially and periodically thereafter staffing is assigned
to you, not
by you. You roll with the punches or you quit your job. In todays economy that really isn't the option it used to be.
As for the reverse logic... certain norms ascertain a certain environment. Heterosexuality is the norm, so a gay guy in the military pretending others are gay? Are you serious?
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It's the norm for you.
The exact opposite is the norm for homosexuals.
You're telling me if you are single or when you were that while looking at an attractive woman you didn't automatically hope she was available and into guys (more particularly, you)?
Do you honestly believe that gay men aren't as turned off at the thought of you and female genitalia as much as you may be by the thought of them and male genitalia?
So yes, I'm serious. I've actually heard gay men say that they assume every guy is gay until they know otherwise, so I know it's a valid scenario in at least some portion of the population.
How is that different from you assuming every guy is straight, considering that both of you view your personal orientation as "the norm"?