An opinion does not a caveat make.
Too bad, I would’ve assumed that JimRob would want tighter controls to distinguish between the two, but I guess not.
It’s a stupid idea.
Gezzz...Your comments are more of a distraction to this thread that anything.
Here is the problem, based on experience.
There is very limited real estate on board a sub.
If 90 enlisted men have 4 toilets and 2 showers
and you “remodel” to make 1 toilet and 1 shower available for 14 women. You just stole from the original crew. They will be pissed.
If you let the women use the one shower and one head in the officers wardroom the enlisted men will see this as “special privileges”.
If you make the first women aboard officers, emotional creep will get into the command system and readiness will degrade in lieu of civility.
Submariners literally try to make each other crack on a minute to minute basis, Its a traditional way of finding out who is psychologically fit for the worst.
A lot of officers find out the hard way that the Chief of the boat has more respect from the men.
I love the ladies but IMHO they will crack or they will lower the standards.
There are 2 modes on the boat. Pushing shipmates to the brink to see what they are made of and trusting every shipmate to do the right thing while on the brink.
Its not for your average person.
Just my 2 cents. The camaraderie comes from being brutally honest. No one wants to treat a woman that way and from my experience most women in the service cant take it.
There are no desk jobs on a sub.
That makes you wrong at least twice on this thread, congrats.