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A hundred years (or was it 200?) ago, a hammock was considered adequate accomodation. Now, people actually demand beds, locker space, air conditioning ... etc, as in comfort. They also demand shore time, family time ... etc. Is that a "downgrade"?
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There's a difference between designing a boat to consider creature comforts when the technology is demanding new designs altogether and just doing it because you want to add such amenities.
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Frankly, after men get over their macho "We are tough" thing, they'll probably figure that maybe the improvement in privacy is no bad thing for themselves too.
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But they already have the same level of privacy they would have with an integrated force, except now they have more space.
By "privacy" in this context I meant "gender isolation", or privacy for the gender as a hole.
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If handicapped people are roughly 50% of the population, and you are not exactly overmanned, and you want the most suitable in the population and the handicaps aren't too directly relevant to the job ... well, one might want to consider it...
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That's true, except it would make more sense to explore other alternatives first.
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Well, if you ever want that see that interest happen, there will have to be a transition period where women work with men. Otherwise, inexperience in a role that men have locked them out of for decades will kill the program before anyone can see whether it'll work.
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Also true. I just thought it was interesting.