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...combat ship. The results of the experiment have been eagerly awaited. Before the ship even began sea trials last summer, the Navy's macho diehards spread dark warnings that women, ordered on board by the U.S. Congress, wouldn't perform as well as men on the nuclear-powered carrier. Mixing the sexes in cramped quarters for so long, some critics argued, would turn the Ike into a Love Boat. The camaraderie of its male jet jockeys, others declared, would be shattered by having females in cockpits...
...fact, there were some initial rough patches. Before the ship set sail, a female crew member claimed she had been sexually assaulted. After the carrier got under way, 15 women left early because they had become pregnant -- 12 before the cruise began; three during port calls, two of those with their husbands. Two women also complained that they had been sexually harassed. The Navy considered those incidents within the bounds of a successful mission, acknowledging that the integration of the sexes in such close quarters was bound to create new disciplinary dilemmas and awkward situations...
...comic. Females quickly learned that their lingerie would be ruined in the ship's laundry, which has no gentle wash cycle. The mess-hall menu was geared to hungry young males, with few low-fat items. More bathrooms had to be allotted to women in the 333-m-long carrier so they wouldn't have to walk city blocks to find one. Male sailors received so many lectures about fraternization that at first they were afraid even to talk to females. "Everyone was on edge," says Bosun's Mate 1 Isaac Small...
...their fears were assuaged in December, when Lieut. Shannon Workman, an EA-6B Prowler pilot, was sent ashore because she had trouble landing her radar-jamming jet. (A male pilot was sent home for the same reason.) Female aviators were relieved as well. "Nobody wants lives on the carrier sacrificed on the altar of political correctness," said Lieut. Commander Janet Marnane, an F-14 radar intercept officer...
...were kicked out of the Navy. The harassment cases were settled by officers on the ship and deemed minor. Investigators could not find enough evidence that the female crew member was sexually assaulted. Gemmill says the total number of disciplinary cases was less than on previous cruises, while the carrier's maintenance levels and performance improved. Defenders of the new policy point out that the pregnancy rate aboard the Ike was far lower than the overall pregnancy rate for Navy women serving on land. And the six pairs of lovebirds? They were split up-half transferred to shore jobs, half...