http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/24/war-is-hell-but-peeing-in-front-of-the-opposite-sex-is-worse Comments On: War Is Hell, but Peeing in Front of the Opposite Sex Is Worse by Paul Constant en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by this guy I know in Spokane]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:39:14 -0800 The Stranger
Are we really talking about worrying how women's periods can be managed in a civilized manner? We've been bleeding for millennia. If we can't get tampons or pads, shit can be improvised. It's fine.
Posted by Gloria]]> Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:17:56 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Curtis Interruptus]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:40:17 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DonServo]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:10:46 -0800 The Stranger
@24: The services started offering Norplants to female troops >20 years ago when I was in. One of my female friends, who was a cargo plane crewchief and therefore deployable, went to get it and was warned (properly) "If you go on this, you probably won't have periods for one to two years." Her response was "Where do I sign?!"

And frankly, for someone who purports to be a gay man and a veteran, you're throwing a huge hissy here and elsewhere on Slog over women being allowed into combat positions while ignoring the fact that your ostensible sexual orientation would have been grounds for immediate discharge up to a bit over a year ago. (And a General or Bad Conduct discharge prior to Clinton and DADT.)

I can't figure out if you're taking the piss or if you're actually blind to the fact that you're tossing out variations on the same bullshit arguments that barred gay people from the military for decades. And I honestly can't decide which of the two options is nastier.
Posted by DonServo]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:23:20 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by bigyaz]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:13:29 -0800 The Stranger Posted by IzzytheDog]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:36:34 -0800 The Stranger
Also, are you suggesting that service ought to be conditional on going on contraception? Not that I'm saying it would be such a bad idea, but I can imagine the political brouhaha over that one.
Posted by Corydon]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:26:27 -0800 The Stranger Posted by gnot]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:40:09 -0800 The Stranger
Change happens. Deal with it.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:20:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by erly]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:23:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by zivilisierter Wurm]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:19:18 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ScienceNerd]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:14:42 -0800 The Stranger WSJ]
Posted by Josh Bis]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:14:18 -0800 The Stranger
Remember Adam Baldwin & Dorian Harewood in Full Metal Jacket? Animal Mother "I am Become Death: The Shatterer of Worlds" would just spew this racist garbage and 8-Ball loved him. He came back with, "Under fire, Animal Mother here's one of the finest human beings around. All he needs is someone to throw grenades at him the rest of his life." That's the kind of comradeship you can and should expect of members of a fireteam.
Posted by The Max]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:48:43 -0800 The Stranger Brilliant!
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:36:58 -0800 The Stranger Posted by brandon]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:25:18 -0800 The Stranger WSJ worried that lady Marines won't be able to piss on dead enemies as easily as their male colleagues?

Sounds like the author suffers from embarrassing tiny dick syndrome and assumes everyone wants to hide their willy at all costs.
Posted by Sir Vic]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:16:35 -0800 The Stranger
"Sergeant, I can't go Number 1, 'cuz Cpl. Ladybits might see my pee-pee!"

Have these tough-guys never been on a week-long hiking trip with a female before? Because, IME these sorts of pre-adolescent inhibitions disappear pretty fast once you get a few miles down the trail.
Posted by COMTE]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:15:23 -0800 The Stranger Posted by camlux]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:15:06 -0800 The Stranger Posted by very bad homo]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:14:34 -0800 The Stranger Posted by raku]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:05:51 -0800 The Stranger Posted by six shooter]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:54:23 -0800 The Stranger *zing

"Dear N Korea:
The people of the united states are tots about to attack your country. We're only waiting for our all-lady army to sync up their menstrual cycles so they'll be really bitchy when we unleash them upon you.

Please make sure you're country is free of bears by then. You know about bears and vagina blood, right?"
*yucka yucka yucka

Man, I thought things were gonna be way worse once Susie joined the front. Now I'm glad she's here. No one bakes up rations like little Susie does. The latrines have never been cleaner. What's her secret?
*ba bump bump

Stupid.
Posted by six shooter]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:52:57 -0800 The Stranger
They were before.

They still are.

Doesn't matter if they're the same or a different gender.

But, hey, that's just my observational recollection of being in the field in the Army.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:44:11 -0800 The Stranger