 Why does Joe want to be an EX?
Instead, he was sent to a hospital where all criminal tendencies were removed from his mind by psychologists, shock treatments, encephalographic devices, a form of prefrontal lobotomy and a dozen other methods. He was a hero to the millions of men and women who had suppressed impulses to kill someone, beat their mates, get drunk, or kick a dog. And therefore, an EX (a convicted criminal who received the treatment was commonly called an Ex because he was in the strictest sense of the word an Ex-criminal) ... A crime because it theoretically inflicted psychological injury upon the intended victim—and because millions of women voters had voted it a crime. Joe discovered to his dismay that the girl was telling the truth when she said she was a sergeant in the WSDA.
 An EX was always offered the best jobs.
 An EX was always offered the best jobs.  An EX has no more criminal tendencies.  An EX could be trusted with any responsibility.  An EX was a hero to millions.