Will They Leave the Seat Down?

Navy Times Reports: “For the first time, the Navy has designed an aircraft carrier with women in mind. Gerald R. Ford-class carriers will have gender-neutral berthing and heads without urinals, differentiating them from all previous carriers.”

While this is great progress for accomodating women in the service, I can’t help but wonder how long it will be until the military forgoes male/female specific bathrooms altogether and incorporates unisex bathrooms (which seem to be popping up all over the place in the civilian world). Of course this brings up the age old question, will they leave the seat down?!

Lisbeth Prifogle, MFA
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Lisbeth Prifogle is a freelance writer, Marine officer, and globetrotter currently in San Diego, CA. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles and a BA from DePauw University. Lisbeth spent six months in Iraq and is working on a memoir about her experiences. She keeps a blog titled The Next Bold Move www.lisbethprifogle.com and her work can be found in the 11th issue of Poem Memoir Story, The Splinter Generation, and In the Know Travel. Lisbeth has had problems balancing hormones since she was a teenager and is constantly researching and exploring natural remedies including diet, exercise, and alternative medicines.