Tuesday, July 17, 2012

U.S. Navy Scraps Urinals For All New Ships

State of the art: The Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers, illustrated, is scraping urinals because of the increasing number of female sailors

U.S. Navy Scraps Urinals To Make War Ships Gender-Neutral -- Daily Mail

The U.S. Navy is scrapping urinals from new war ships because increasing numbers of female sailors are enlisting.

The change will be heralded by the Gerald R. Ford class of aircraft carriers, the first of which is due in late 2015.

Getting rid of urinals lets the Navy easily switch restrooms - or heads as they're called on the high seas - from male to female or vice versa, helping ships to adapt to the changing gender make up of crews.

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More News On The US Navy Scrapping Urinals On it's New Warships

The Revolt Against Gender-Neutral Aircraft Carriers -- The Atlantic
Gender-neutral Ford layout nixes urinals -- Navy Times
Navy's new gender-neutral carriers won't have urinals -- CNN
A Lot of Dudes Are Freaking Out About the Navy Getting Rid of Urinals on ‘Gender Neutral’ Carriers -- Jezebel

My Comment: This is nuts. Guys do not sit down to pee. I guess the final outcome will be having toilet seats that will need to be wiped down before being used (that is if you have to sit). So much for the hygiene excuse.

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