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Navy investigating taping of female officers in submarine showersThe Florida Times Union
Lt. leslie Hubbell has confirmed that a joint command and Navy Criminal investigation has commenced to investigate claims that a 2nd class petty officer secretly videotaped women officers showering aboard the USS Wyoming, a submarine ported at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base.
Ballistic missile subs typically carry a crew of up to 15 officers and 140 enlisted personnel. Officers share bathing facililities with a sign system indicating when a woman is using the facilities.
The Navy Timesreports that videos are believed to show at least three female officers while showering or undressed. It possible that men were also videotaped, but their videos were apparently not distributed.
A retired female supply officer of lieutenant rank, formerly tasked with acting as a mentor to female serving on the submarines “recalled her first day on a sub when a young male sailor came into her stateroom and asked, “Where are the females?”
“I looked at him and said, ‘All right, let’s get one thing straight: They’re not females, they’re junior officers on this boat, they’re division officers, and you will address them as Ensign So-and-So, and you can tell everybody else on the boat,’ ” she said.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet the U.S. Navy’s first contingent of women submariners to be assigned to the Navy’s operational submarine force, in the Blue Room of the White House, May 28, 2012. The 24 women were accepted into the Navy’s nuclear submarine program after completing an intensive training program and serve on ballistic and guided missile submarines throughout the Navy. Also attending were ADM Mark Ferguson, left, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, right. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) May 28, 2012. Navy Revokes Bill Cosby’s Honorary TitleWSJ
The US Navy has revoked comedian Bill Cosby’s honorary title as chief petty officer, as sexual abuse and sexual assault charges — including numerous charges of rape — mount against the 77-year-old comedian.
Navy officials said they were stripping Mr. Cosby of the honorary title because the allegations “conflict with the Navy’s core values of honor, courage and commitment.”
The decision comes the day after three of Cosby’s accusers have launched a drive with lawyer Gloria Allred, who told the comedian to create a $100 million fund for his victims or face new lawsuits.
Mr. Cosby was honorably discharged from the Navy in 1960 as a 3rd Class Petty Officer after serving four years as a hospital corpsman. In 2011, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus made Mr. Cosby an honorary chief petty officer.
Comedian Bill Cosby, center, is recognized as an Honorary Chief Petty Officer by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Rick West, left, and Navy Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, in 2011. Associated Press
Science Proves It: Men Really Do Find High Heels Sexier TIME
There are truths about the Boys Club that probably can’t be changed — at least if they are French. Men like women wearing high heels. Social science researcher Nicholas Gueguen at France’s University of Bretagne conducted three experiments dressing French women identically in black suits with white shirts. Gueguen chose brunettes, to counter a known bias that men are more inclined to approach a blonde, at least in search of a date. The only difference in the women’s styles was their shoes.
First, the women—wearing either black flats with no heel, black shoes with a 2 inch heel or black pumps with a 3.5 inch heel—approached several people and asked them for assistance. The woman switched shoes after soliciting every 10 people.
In phase one of the research, a 19-year-old woman approached men ages 25-50 for help in a survey on gender equality. 83% of the men approached spent three-four minutes answering her questions when the woman wore the highest heels. Only 47% of men consented when she wore flat shoes.
In phase two, women were also approached, along with the men. Similar to the first phase, 82% of men agreed to fill out the survey when 3.5 inch heels were part of the approach. Flats resulted in only 42% who agreed, when solicited by flats.
The women would have none of it, however. Heel height played no factor in the result of only about 33% of women agreeing to take the survey.
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