Showering With Friends – Revisited
This is directly in response to Jonn’s post and the comments.
As long as he allows I have a platform, and I already used it to amplify what I believe to be the primary issue here.
Not strong enough – not aggressive enough, etc, etc. Not really relevant.
You have, likely, always served next to someone that you didn’t fully trust to do the job. Everyone has weaknesses, mind you.
BUT…How do we adjust to natural hormones? On guard duty somewhere and your mind turns to the one at the next post. She met every requirement that you did… but her smile makes you dream just a bit.
Set aside the closeted gay. I don’t have any real numbers easily at hand, but apart from the recent profoundly PC years and I suspect it was a small number during WWII, and rarely an issue.
Regardless: When females become a significant proportion of combat arms what becomes of the mission? I’ve heard that there are drugs that suppress hormones, etc. sounds like the next step.
There are any number of positions where females and males can, and have, served together with honor and effectiveness – I am struggling to put “in the mud” combat arms in that category.
Last note: Segregation! It’ll never fly in our PC/Bizarro world, but meets every rational criteria including the hormonal one.
Category: Geezer Alert!
Old Navy lore: Saltpeter in the food!
Not any more. According to this article, the military stopped doing that 1 March 2013. (smile)
Ponsdorf, if your mind turns to the one at the next post, I’m not posting any more. I dont know, my guess is when the lead starts flying I want to live slightly more than I want to get some (insert politically correct term). But, only slightly. Well, maybe not, it depends. Does she outrank me? Always liked those. Nah, I would choose as Ten Bears did, it shall be life. Maybe.
Well, this is already an issue in non-combat arms units. It is also an issue here at ITB, every class so far has had some sort of relationship issue or problem. Sex is going to happen, it is to be expected when you throw a bunch of 18-24 years olds together.
When I went though ITS in early 78 as an 0351 we got paired for shelter halfs alphabetically and you just prayed he wasnt a snoring gassy doofus. With my luck if I were in nowdays I’d end up paired with an extremely ugly snoring gassy GI Jane (and yes I know we dont use shelter halfs anymore)!
We may not use the shelter halves of old, but now we require students to sleep in mak eshift shelter halve made out of two ponchos and tent poles. We are pushing here at ITB to get rid of the 2 man tents.
Commander Phil Monkress of All-Points Logistics likes to shower with his male employees.
A lot of locker room time for Phildo….
Right, let’s combine 18-24 year olds of the opposite sex in tight quarters in close contact all day long and expect that there will be no issues.
18-24 year olds are often unable to exercise good judgment when the opposite sex is no where to be found.
It’s always entertaining when social scientists try and pretend we are not biologically programmed through evolution to respond in a way to pass our genetic material to the next generation regardless of what some dipshit in a classroom offers as contrary evidence. There are some exceptions to be sure, but they are quite small statistically.
Women aren’t frustrated by their biology, as much as they are by men’s confusion about their biology. For your reading pleasure, I give you:
http://www.wonderslist.com/10-misconceptions-about-female-body/