[R. Scott]

I doubt pregnancy will be a problem. There’s not much - if any - privacy on a sub. Maybe the skipper’s quarters, but the first time he went in with a female and shut the door his career would be over.

[Tallguy]

Junior officers share semi-private quarters. What are we going to do, assign the odd female ensign/JG to bunk with a male ensign/JG? Or are we going to giver her private quarters that she does not rate? Or are we going to shuffle the crew assignments so that we have only female officers berthed with other females? (that's my bet).

Make no mistake about this. This, like so many other equality issues, is driven by the need to get as many female officers in the higher ranks as possible. They couldn't give a darn about the rates.