I’m not saying this seems like a bad idea or nothing but…
The USS Illinois, the first Navy submarine to be staffed by an all-female crew, received the support of the White House on Memorial Day.
On Monday, First Lady Michelle Obama officially sponsored the Virginia-class submarine, which will be one of the newest nuclear-powered boats scheduled to enter the fleet by 2015, according to a White House statement.
You know how women in close quarters all tend to get on the same cycle and will get…uhm slightly irritable around the same time and they’ll start getting all angry about things that happened a looooong time ago.
June 7, 2012 at 5:20 pm
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June 7, 2012 at 5:22 pm
Doctors are now stopping the periods of women that they may avoid the curse of womanhood.
You cannot state that women have no cajones; they have piles of them they acquired from the men around them by either having had them voluntarily handed over, or just plain de-nutting the guy.
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June 7, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Wow, Using a womans period to disqualify her from military service. Incredible.
June 7, 2012 at 5:33 pm
http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2012/05/uss-Illinois-will-not-have-all-female.html
June 7, 2012 at 5:40 pm
There was a time when gallant men would have been ashamed to sit at home and to send their sisters and daughters into battleships and combat zones. Brave men.
June 7, 2012 at 6:03 pm
Doesn't sound any worse than having women serving in a fighting in the military. That's just wrong.
June 7, 2012 at 6:05 pm
Oops, left out a word ~ I meant to say that this doesn't seem any worse than letting women serve in a fighting role of any kind in the military. It's just wrong.
June 7, 2012 at 6:12 pm
Having worked with ALL women in a high tech environment, I wouldn't work on this submarine for any amount of money. Just sayin…
June 7, 2012 at 6:13 pm
This reminds me of that time I got really offended when you posted about Title IX. In fact, I'm still mad about it.
Oh wait, I must be on my period.
June 7, 2012 at 6:21 pm
Matt, I know you're trying to be funny, but I find the insinuations in this post to be offensive. These will be highly trained women who will be screened specifically for their fitness for submarine service. To insinuate that they would be prone to detonating their submarine at that time of the month is not funny and demeaning. You are a better man than this post would lead anyone to believe.
June 7, 2012 at 6:39 pm
Seriously? This sounds like an insult to your wife if this is your impression of women. Grow up.
June 7, 2012 at 6:57 pm
What if the sub sprang a leak and the water hit the tampon supply? That thing would blow like dynamite.
June 7, 2012 at 8:13 pm
Sounds hellish … !
June 7, 2012 at 8:17 pm
I'm with Rebecca! After growing up with three sister, I wouldn't want to work on that submarine either!
June 7, 2012 at 8:18 pm
*sisters 🙂
June 7, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Not your best Matt. I am used to cringing when I come to this site, but rarely from posts you write. We all know about makeup calls in sports. How about a post honoring our military women.
June 7, 2012 at 9:11 pm
Guarantee that, by the time it comes back, it will be look better on the inside and be more comfortable than any other sub in the fleet.
By the way. Women's period DO synch up. And, yes, women DO get irritable because of their period. Duh.
So, yeah, it is actually a legitimate point to be concerned about most of an entire crew being irritated at the same time. We aren't talking about working at some office somewhere.
June 7, 2012 at 9:49 pm
Yeah, you could have come up with something better than a menstruation joke. I'd be annoyed if my husband did something like that.
I think this is stupid of the military for another reason. I think it shows that we are NOT looking at everyone as equal when we (as a society, not just military) make a fuss about all-female, first-female, all-Asian, all-black, all-whatever the protected class is. Just give whatever the job to the most qualified person and give them a warm welcome and best wishes, dispensing with the PC claptrap.
So, did the Navy choose the best people for the mission? Or did they choose a photo op with First Lady Marie Antoinette? Lots of humorous things we could say besides feeding into the current Administration's belief that women need to regulate their natural cycles with a taxpayer-paid Pill in order to have a military career. (Surely we've all seen the commercial?)
Elodie
June 7, 2012 at 11:34 pm
Lighten up, people. It wasn't the most sensitive joke in the world, but everyone who is unsubscribing from the blog because of it needs to step back from the computer. Go take a walk around the block or something and you'll feel better.
June 8, 2012 at 12:48 am
See what happens when you point out something natural, verifiable, and overlooked or disregarded because speaking about nature and truth that relates in any way whatsoever to gender issues is verboten by the guardians of PC think. You are right. They are herded by fools.