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So along this whole line of "let's integrate females into male only units", how do the supporters of this feel about integrating males and females in the barracks, whether it be a squad bay situation like in boot camp, or a situation where they would share a barracks room with someone of the opposite sex?
I don't know about that. Personally, I wouldn't have much of a problem with it, thought I wouldn't particularly care to share a bathroom. However, integrated training units in the military already out-perform male only units. Says the GAO.
Interesting historical sidenote:
Women in the military - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe first American woman soldier was Deborah Sampson of Massachusetts. She enlisted as a Continental Army soldier under the name of "Robert Shurtliff". She served for three years in the Revolutionary War and was wounded twice; she cut a musket ball out of her own thigh so no doctor would find out she was a woman. Finally, at the end of the hostilities her secret was discovered—even so, George Washington gave her an honorable discharge. She later lectured on her experiences and became a champion of women's rights.