Would Sailors in Bikinis Boost Navy Recruitment? Duh!
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Oh, the anti-bikini discrimination we must witness daily while covering the Bikini Beat! Here’s the latest from Down Under:
Feminists are calling for action to be taken after an Australian Navy submarine commander suggested that women sailors in bikinis would help boost recruitment … Commander Tom Phillips from the HMAS Farncomb was asked by a men’s magazine if “female sailors all had to be hot and had to wear bikinis, would that help recruitment?”.
Commander Phillips is quoted as replying: “It would certainly get the right demographic of young men in. I’m not sure how feasible it is.”
Defence Minister Warren Snowden said the comments were “utterly unacceptable”. Chair of the Women’s Lobby Australia, Eva Cox, said the comments reflected the “Navy’s limited view of women as bodies rather than brains”, the Telegraph reported.
Um, the question was asked AS A JOKE, and the answer was simply a polite nod to the interviewer’s intent. Yeesh!
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