Yes, and that sexual tension extends to females in the military in general and combat units specifically.
The problems are hidden or under reported on the pretext that everything is just fine and dandy with the introduction of females into the military. The truth is being hidden.
As much as the Canadians may claim "there is no problem" they have recently lost a
brigadier-general and a
colonel who couldn't keep their pants zipped. I'm sure if one dug a little deeper one would find more evidence that all is not as well as claimed. For example disciplinary '
charges have risen by as much as 62 per cent over an eight-year period' (of the Canadian deployments to Afghanistan) and that includes "sexual" offences.
OK so thats the naughty stuff. On the heterosexual consensual side we see them banging away like belt-fed mortars with the resulting problems to the services caused by pregnancies. See
here and
here and elsewhere.
So clearly the introduction of females into the military has brought a number of specific problems which go beyond my principle argument of the introduction of
sexual tension.
The same will be the case when gays can openly serve in the military. More of the same.
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