Consider the source. The problem is not female officer per se, but the substandard training and lack of performance standards. My own experience is Army, but that experience told me that women was treated differently at each step of the way. I knew female officers who were as good as any I ever knew in every respect except physical strength, and they were assigned to branches where that was not essential (not true these days). Most were average as were most male officers. But, they also made up a larger proportion of substandard officers. That difference was noticeable, but was ignored and in fact, actively suppressed. Navy deficiencies in surface warfare officers, especially in seamanship, applied to all junior officers, but was more apparent among female officers. It was only a question of time before it showed up in mission performance.