As you may remember there are a lot of systems that we had to learn to become qualified in submarines. Most women don't relate well to electrical systems, high pressure air systems, hydraulic systems, propulsion systems, etc.
What do you think the news release is going to look like when we lose one of our submarines because one woman who was "qualified in submarines" because it was dictated as a must happen event from above? I don't think the general populace realizes that all it takes is one person aboard a sub who doesn't know what they're doing to kill everyone else aboard.
Should we take a chance on losing up to 150 men and a multimillion dollar submarine just to carry out some idiot's politically correct social experiment? I hope I'm wrong on this one....but it doesn't bode well.
I still remember when they started putting women in fighter planes. They meant well, but the ladies had a serious testostrone shortage. As a group, they just did not perform as well. They also had a slight problem with the relief tube (the thing that the pilots stick their talleywacker in to relieve themselves in flight). That didn't stop the people at the top levels of the Defense Dept from continuing the experiment just for the PR. (Before I get flamed, there may well be a hot female fighter pilot out there, but I haven't seen her yet.)
I remember some of the real dodos on submarines and surface ships in the past.
Yup...I shake with fear when I think of the BCP being in the hands of a female trimming a boat or a woman nuke back aft sramming the reactor. Submarines are dangerous places which require quick reactions in emergencies; I don't know if they still have OBAs, other gear requiring tight seals etc., but they are no place for long hair and nails. I suppose females would make good sonar techs as women supposedly have better hearing than men but other ratings, I don't believe will be as well served. I can just imagine one blowing the sanitary tank or shooting the GDU!