And therein lies the current problem. It will take a tremendous amount of training and time to get us to that point. America is way behind the times regarding cultural norms of human sexuality. While stationed in Germany I had the opportunity to observe first hand how advanced Europeans are in this area. There are saunas that are not only co-ed, but family oriented. Mothers, fathers, sons and daughters frequent these places and sit comfortably, completely naked benefitting from the experience of a healthy sauna. Women are comfortable walking around the lakes and beaches topless. Men and women in Greece walk around totally nude on the beaches, and no one seems to really care. In America though, we have to have private beaches or nudist colonies to do this. It will take time and training in order to integrate capable men and women into the front lines. It can be done of course, but again it's going to take time.
Sent from my iPhone 4S. On Feb 16, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Justin Scott <leviat...@darktech.org> wrote: > >> Do you think that your friend would be OK with being around a >> bunch of guys in the middle of nowhere whipping their dicks out >> to go pee, or dropping trau to take a shit in front of her? Or better >> yet, would she be OK dropping trau in front of said men to pee, >> shit or change her tampon? > > It's an interesting point. Americans in particular are still holding > on to some Victorian era ideals about gender, sexuality, and privacy. > In private life that's fine; I don't particularly want everyone at my > BBQ to watch me use the restroom, but in a military situation where > seconds can count and lives are at stake, modesty has to take a back > seat. I always imagine a co-ed infantry more like what is portrayed > in Starship Troopers, co-ed showers, co-ed bunk areas, etc. and its > considered normal. I don't know if our culture can handle that level > of integration. There will be some who can, of course, but for most I > don't think that's the kind of integration they have in mind. It will > also take some maturity on the part of the men to not oogle or harass > the women if they have to drop pants to pee for a moment, so that road > goes both ways. > > > -Justin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361407 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
