While women have been chivalrously been given the right to serve on submarines for quite some time in other countries, up until now, this was not the case in the United States. This is about to change, as it looks like the Navy is going to allow women, as well as non-closeted homosexuals to serve on submarines. To make matters "worse", smoking will now longer be allowed. Manly men are not happy.
The more scientifically inclined are not just concerned about moral issues of letting gays serve in the Navy; they are also concerned about how life on a submarine could damage a woman's ability to reproduce, which is totally counterintuitive to natural selection, right? Oh, the costliness of it all!
Postman2 said:
"Women of child-bearing age must be protected from the radiation and chemical loaded environment encountered in a submarine. Without the ability to deploy it's snorkle to "breathe" for weeks at a time, submarine atmosphere can become highly polluted with amine and other chemicals. Should a women be or become pregnant in this toxic environment, who knows what damage can occur to the fetus. How is the Navy going to protect against that?"
From : Plans to allow women and gays, ban smoking shake world of Navy submarines (Washington Post)
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