Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Pottification Of The Navy

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The Pottification Of The Navy
Yet Another Reason Not To Enlist


Hoo, the Navy has gone funnier than when Junior put his tadpoles in Aunt Lu's milk. It's wonderful. Headline, the Washington Times: "Navy admiral wants to get rid of urinals."

On aircraft carriers. Yep. See, urinals aren't good for gender-equity, which is what the Navy is for.


Best I can tell, the admiral figures urinals make the girls aboard feel plumbing-challenged. It gums up their self-concept. And life, remember, is already tough for gals on warships. It's bad enough having those boomy old gun thingies everywhere, and those smelly airplanes. They make a hostile environment and all. But the worst is those disgusting white patriarchy symbols, stuck threateningly to bathroom walls.

Think about it. Every time a woman goes to the men's room, there they hang, row on row, in silent reproach, telling her she isn't Fully A Person.


The horror.

But now help gallops over the horizon, thumpety-thump. The help's name is Admiral John Nathman, and (incredibly) he's a naval aviator. Yes indeed. Potty John, the Carrie Nation of urinals, is going to make it all better. He wants "gender-neutral water closets."

When I was a Marine, I always wanted a commander who had an interest in urinals. None of them did, and they probably still don't. But the Navy, as Marines have always suspected, is a little different. And apparently getting differenter. (Fred on Everything continued)

Ron M

11 comments:

OldBob said...

Oh-oh..... the fights over leaving the toilet seats up are gonna be demoralizing !

Anonymous said...

Methinks brother Nathan has no dog in this fight. I'm betting he prefers to drain the lizard / shed a tear for Lord Nelson / water the lilies / let slip the dogs of War / fill the Swamp /water the horses / take a leak / wizz / return that leased beer from the comfort of the seated position. As he is a retired Nasal Radiator taking this very out of character position, Admiral Nathan probably either had a traumatic 0'club men's head experience as a JO or suffered a catastrophic relief tube back pressure incident on short final resulting his failure to call the ball for a wave off.

Anonymous said...

I dunno, this could work out if they just replaced the current ones.

http://www.inquisitr.com/wp-content/female-urinal.jpg

And the guys could still come out ahead with a rest area for the "boys".

Geo

Anonymous said...

Court Martial for leaving the seat up !!

Anonymous said...

I got out when they took the skin mags from the base exchanges.
Sort of a last straw.

MCPO Airdale said...

Nathman has a large say in carrier design and refit. Low flow urinals on carriers stink. Rather than address the "low-flow" aspect, ADM Nathman wants to get rid of them.

Additionally, it allows for flexibility when reassigning heads and berthing compartments as gender mixes fluctuate in Divisions and/or Departments. But hey,I really wouldn't expect a Jarhead to understand all of this "technical" stuff.
-Retired Force Master Chief for Airlant

Anonymous said...

Where will they store those big, white mints if they get rid of urinals?

Freddie Sykes

DougM said...

They can always go back to the original "head" concept, eh, Master Chief?

Jess said...

There you go. I learned something new. I thought male sailors pissed over that rail and female sailors did the same off the poop deck...or is it the fan tail?

Anonymous said...

I just took a time travel back to the 1960's when the tin can had stainless steel urinals that were 'shock mounted' with rubberized connections between the salt water supply running 24X7 and the urinals. Of course, twenty+ years on, the rubber had deteriorated, and was 'fixed' with electricians tape. Right way, wrong way and Navy way seems apropos.

I was gonna ask what were female swabbies doing in the mens head, but never mind....
Here's my vote: Unisex heads, with urinals. If men are forced to disrobe partially to micturate, there will be a need for more head space. Things slow down, as demonstrated at any and all stadiums throughout the land. No matter if the ratio is 4:1, there will be a line at the womens. The trough concept will also work.
Politically correct don't work when ya gotta go...
tomw
p.s. didja read about the suit brought claiming firemens tests were too hard and physically demanding?
chicago suit

What do THEY do for mixed gender facilities?

Anonymous said...

rats. that was a year old. This may be more relevant?

texas city hit with lawsuit

tomw

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