Women on Submarines?

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What is your opinion on this?

I'd prefer a completely male military for every branch.

Women should be allowed to serve on submarines. Equal opportunities.

wheres the walrus on whale option

I believe the military should be able to decide on a case by case basis.

There are tasks in the military that men are better cut our for.
There are tasks in the military that women are better cut out for.
Sometimes the right person for the job will be a man.
Sometimes it will be a women.

Sometimes situations are ideally handled by a co-ed effort. Sometime situations don't exclude a co-ed effort...and then sometimes they do.

The military needs the ability to be dynamic, adaptive, and un-hindered in it's operations.

What happens when the submarine goes into a dive?

I think IN the submarine would be a better option that "on"

Depends on how practical it is. If there have to separate bathrooms, separate bedrooms. etc then I don't know.

Definitely, as I assume manning a submarine isn't physically demanding. I can't believe submarines were always all male to be honest.

Why is it everytime I go to this forum women should or shouldn't be but with men it's no issue and even in the news. I'm getting so sick of this especially from women.

I've seen some women who were much better at their "male" jobs than some of their male counterparts.

In the U.S. submarine service the doctrine is that any crew member can do the job of any other crew member. Thus if their are injuries, tasks can be reassigned with flexibility. Now if there are some tasks aboard the sub that are out of the range of female musculature, then a women crew member would not be able to do some of the tasks. That is the only reservation I have about women on subs.

ruveyn

I heard that it would be expensive and hard to modify the submarine for separate bathrooms and what not due to the lack of space. Also what if the woman became pregnant on a nuclear submarine which sometimes stay underwater for up to a year. That could compromise the mission. But at the same time I believe that women should have a chance too.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/05/navy-faces-health-issues-for-women-in-submarines/

Yes those damn women and their ovaries and having to use a separate bathrooms. Who are they to decide in a man's world...

Might as well get rid of those gay guys as well lest they check out men in their little revealing uniforms...oh wait they already do that.

I don't understand this separate bathrooms thing. I don't have separate male vs female bathrooms in my house - why does the military need to do so on a submarine?

It takes a special person to be a submariner. A U.S. sub might leave port and not be seen again for six months.

Think about that. Six months living in a crowded sardine can and never seeing the sky, smelling fresh air or having a day off.

The question is not whether women could do the job, the question is whether their presence would improve or harm crew moral.