Posted on 10/30/2022 2:03:50 AM PDT by fluorescence
The head of the Royal Navy has ordered an investigation into allegations of bullying and sexual harassment against women in the Submarine Service.
Several whistleblowers who served in the fleet told the Daily Mail they faced mistreatment from all ranks.
Adm Sir Ben Key, the First Sea Lord, called the claims "abhorrent", adding "sexual harassment has no place in the Royal Navy and will not be tolerated".
"Anyone who is found culpable will be held accountable," he said.
The allegations, revealed in detail by the Mail, include male crew members compiling a list setting out the order in which women would be assaulted in the event of a catastrophic event.
One woman told the Mail she was sexually assaulted by a man of a higher rank as she slept. She claimed one senior officer punched her in the kidney.
She alleged that another left naked pictures of models for her and posted 50p coins into her cabin, suggesting she would perform a sexual act in return.
Other women alleged they were frequently asked to perform sex acts and were often screamed at and hit with clipboards and pens.
It is claimed the abuse has been happening for more than a decade, after a ban on female recruits was lifted in 2011.
... Emma Norton, from charity the Centre for Military Justice, said any investigation would still involve "the Royal Navy investigating the Royal Navy".
"What a lot of campaigners and service women have been calling for many, many years, is for those responsible for investigating serious complaints like this to be taken away from the single services and handed to an independent body," she said.
[...] Figures revealed in a Freedom of Information (FOI) request showed that, as of 2019, just 1% of Submarine Service personnel was female.
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This reads Monty Python. Smacked with a clip board, on my. Doesn’t say if it was an ass smack, which would be a compliment , or up beside the head, which is a ‘you dumb sh*t’ smack.
Remove women from submarines. FIXED!
Subs should remain single sexed.
In that closed environment, the opposite sex will always remain a
distraction. Eventually, even the women
will see they are better off singing:
“We now live in a Pink Submarine...”
Bring back flogging and a day in the barrel.
Wasn’t it Winston Churchill, himself Sea Lord, who said “’The traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash’?”
Gotta keep traditions.
Fellow at work claimed he witnessed a female sailor on one of the big Ohio class subs walk up to a male sailor and stick her hand down the front of his jeans or whatever they wear now give his penis a honk and say ‘Preview of coming attractions’ and then walk off. This was while the sub was cruising under the Pacific.
My bet is she is yet another lying woman.
Wow! Not a huge surprise though.
You put a group of adolescent adults togther at peak physical attraction and peak horniness, stuff is gonna happen, especially if both parties think no one is watching. Think Reno 911.
Come again.....
“The head of the Royal Navy has ordered an investigation into allegations of bullying and sexual harassment against women in the Submarine Service.”
Take that, Putin!!!
In any case, Russia and China don’t have Leftists running the country, so they don’t try to squeeze women on to submarines, which as any submarine sailor can tell you, is a very tight fit even if men-only.
“Subs should remain single sexed.”
“We now live in a Pink Submarine...”
Here’s the problem: Per Western ‘values’, there would have to be a way for women to be posted to submarines, and in equal numbers. So perhaps build a fleet of pink submarines to complement the real submarines. The difference, of course, is that the pink submarines would not have weapons (too risky).
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