Pentagon announces end of ban on women on subs

[garbon]

I think women and seamen don't mix. 

Agreed. Men with men!

[grumbler]

Yes, it was more of a very cramped stall, sorry for not being precise. 

I was taking advantage of the fact that bathrooms are called "heads" on ships.  Not that you shoudl be expected to know that, of course.

As for the poster, it's there, and it wasn't a prank poster, which is what made it funny.

I am quite sure that the poster is a prank (because of the way navy showers actually work - showering with someone else would not save any water), but agree that it is funny, and would be credible to anyone who didn't think about it for a moment or know how navy showers work.

[grumbler]

Why not?

The Navy's preperation for the arrival of women was ill-thought-out, the women's berthing spaces were about 100 times better than the men's, and the ship's leadership was unprepared to deal effectively with the sexual harassment that was inevitable.  After two officers got fired at the job, I was transferred over to the job of First Lieutenant (thus becoming responsible for about 100 of the 160 women on board) and, while I loved the job and thought the women were generally great under pressure, the lesbian witch hunts on that ship (and the absurdity of the subsequent courts-martial, in which six of my sailors appeared as defendants) made it a horror story.

[The Brain]

the lesbian witch hunts

Only in America.

[KRonn]

Why not?

The Navy's preperation for the arrival of women was ill-thought-out, the women's berthing spaces were about 100 times better than the men's, and the ship's leadership was unprepared to deal effectively with the sexual harassment that was inevitable.  After two officers got fired at the job, I was transferred over to the job of First Lieutenant (thus becoming responsible for about 100 of the 160 women on board) and, while I loved the job and thought the women were generally great under pressure, the lesbian witch hunts on that ship (and the absurdity of the subsequent courts-martial, in which six of my sailors appeared as defendants) made it a horror story.

I'd have to think that the initial steps to integrating men and women were very difficult, and that now having dealt with the integration for a while, resolving issues, getting accustomed to it all, it's not much of a problem anymore?

[grumbler]

I'd have to think that the initial steps to integrating men and women were very difficult, and that now having dealt with the integration for a while, resolving issues, getting accustomed to it all, it's not much of a problem anymore?

It wasn't so much that it was hard that was annoying, it was the fact that there were so many Navy people free to (and even encouraged to) make it harder.  The Navy Incompetent Service was agog to investigate vague rumors of lesbianism (they had six agents working full-time on that case), while we had sailors stabbed in their sleep because they reported drug sales and NIS didn't care (zero agents assigned to even investigate).

[Razgovory]

Why not?

The Navy's preperation for the arrival of women was ill-thought-out, the women's berthing spaces were about 100 times better than the men's, and the ship's leadership was unprepared to deal effectively with the sexual harassment that was inevitable.  After two officers got fired at the job, I was transferred over to the job of First Lieutenant (thus becoming responsible for about 100 of the 160 women on board) and, while I loved the job and thought the women were generally great under pressure, the lesbian witch hunts on that ship (and the absurdity of the subsequent courts-martial, in which six of my sailors appeared as defendants) made it a horror story.

Lesbian witches hunted down the sailors?  That is a horror story.  Tell it.

[sbr]

Why not?

The Navy's preperation for the arrival of women was ill-thought-out, the women's berthing spaces were about 100 times better than the men's, and the ship's leadership was unprepared to deal effectively with the sexual harassment that was inevitable.  After two officers got fired at the job, I was transferred over to the job of First Lieutenant (thus becoming responsible for about 100 of the 160 women on board) and, while I loved the job and thought the women were generally great under pressure, the lesbian witch hunts on that ship (and the absurdity of the subsequent courts-martial, in which six of my sailors appeared as defendants) made it a horror story.

Lesbian witches hunted down the sailors?  That is a horror story.  Tell it.

With pictures.

[Syt]

the women's berthing spaces were about 100 times better than the men's

Well, duh, they have the plumbing and equipment for it in their abodmens.

[grumbler]

Lesbian witches hunted down the sailors?  That is a horror story.  Tell it.

With pictures.

Okay, here it is.

[Grinning_Colossus]

If a fireman with a giant, bristled penis were chasing me, I'd run too.  Poor lesbians.

[garbon]

If a fireman with a giant, bristled penis were chasing me, I'd run too.  Poor lesbians.

[DGuller]

If a fireman with a giant, bristled penis were chasing me, I'd run too.  Poor lesbians.

What kinds of penises do you prefer?

[Razgovory]

I think Grumbler's memories might be a bit blurry.

[grumbler]

I think Grumbler's memories might be a bit blurry.

This has nothing to do with my memory.  People wanted a story told in pictures of lesbian witches hunting sailors.  I gave it my best shot.  What is blurry is my ability to create pictures.  If people cannot see the story inherent in the picture, they can draw their own.