New Aircraft Carrier Has No Urinals. Is the Navy Stronger 'Gender Neutral'?

Space is a valuable commodity on a naval vessel, urinals take up less space and use less water than a standard toilet. Those two reasons are enough to say that the mens head should have them.

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Actually not stronger or weaker this is kind of a loaded question. But honestly what's the prob so what there's no urinals woopdeedoo. Can anybody honestly think of how this is a good or bad thing? it's not changing much

you are kidding, right??

No taking out urinals really ain't changing much I trust people can piss in toilets.

I'll bet this means a lot of B!tchin about wet toilet seats.

actually I don't see how "gender neutral" can make one weaker or stronger, its just a bathroom being changed, if they don't add more toilets then it would just mean its cheaper

ONE COULD ALWAYS PEE OVER THE SIDE..

just pee in the sinks

They aren't gender neutral....they got rid of urinals to prevent gays from getting their asses kicked for making a move on some dude in the bathroom.
Let's keep it real shall we!!

Not to piss on any woman but this is not a good idea . Putting men and woman together on a ship causes problems .

Only for idiots let's be honest if they don't have the discipline to keep it in their pants they make for crappy soldiers anyways.

That discipline works both ways there are woman who have sexual feelings and who party and when you put these 2 together with men who do the same you have created problems .

I was talking about both genders and like I said if they're undisciplined enough that they can't even work alongside the opposite gender then they'd make crappy soldiers in the first place.

I was going by the keep it in your pants and it's not how they work together it's what they do on there offtime .

Well they're expected to have discipline then too and if you give a good enough punishment for it and they won't chance it.

i can tell you as a marine that ive seen people get punished for fraternizing and they do it again. sex is a very powerful tool .

I know that's why the punishment has to be severe.

Agree .

If security officers are needed to keep dirt bags in line, than so be it.

Shouldn't be a problem we don't have urinal at home either!

Guys can just pee of the side of the ship

Guys can piss off every side of the ship.

I'm not a fan of political correctness in the military...moving women onboard the ships was an unmitigated disaster...women getting pregnant to avoid sea time...women threatening men with sexual harassment. I remember when our ship got 160 women onboard our ship and in less than 6 months the original 160 was halved due to pregnancy and another 80 women were brought on board to maintain their numbers...then of course these pregnant women were put on shore stations while they were pregnant, which screwed up sea/shore rotations for male sailors...being a photomate I remember photolabs overstaffed with pregnant sailors, male photomates were extended onboard ships or forced to forego shore duty and got sent to another ship...meanwhile a female sailor got to stay ashore and enjoy a cushy job....also pregnant women got out of working with chemistry, didn't have to work on clean-up assignments...some of these women worked the system and pissed off other shipmates...

It hasn't changed much, I have a friend who still is in and he said it's the same old crap, he said they even do it at shore commands.

The PC Navy, it doesn't get any better or does it? How we miss the good old Navy when Men were Men.

amen, brother!!

Amen to that.

This makes me ill. The effort for there to be one sex nationwide continues.

Men and women are designed differently. The U.S. will be responsible for its own demise with nonsense like this.

The strive for equality has become the strive to be like men. I cannot support that. Ever.

If I could rave you 1,000 times I would!

Yuck. This is why I am glad to be female.

Yes, no thank you. I am not cut out for that kind of "arrangements".

The USS Okinagan? Never heard of it. What was its hull designator? Must have been an older ship.