Sub Sailors Recorded Female Crew While They Were Showering

This story reminded me of one of the most famous scenes in Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H", where the unit doctors expose Margaret "Hot Lips" O'Houlihan while she's taking her shower. Humiliating women in places where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy is all in good fun, amirite? Especially when she's an uppity sort, a stickler for regulations who gets in the way of the menfolks doing their hilarious thing! Ha, ha!

Notice how some of the nurses sit and watch. I guess they've figured out it's better than being victims themselves. And really, if women want to get along with men in the military, they should learn to put up with "hijinks"! (Or rape. Whatever.)

That's why this story really shouldn't surprise anyone:

Submarine crews are so tight-knit that they're considered a family — part of what made the revelations of illicit filming on the ballistic missile sub Wyoming so troubling.

The filming wasn't a one-off or a prank. It was a sophisticated and repeated invasion of privacy, where male Wyoming sailors acted as lookouts while a friend filmed female shipmates undressing with cellphones or an iPod Touch — both of which are banned aboard the sub.

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