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 hings
are looking up in the ranks of our allies. Britain's Ministry of
Defence recently admitted that a dozen
servicewomen
a year are having breast-enlargement surgery compliments of the
defense budget. A defense official justified the expenditures as
a morale booster to encourage women whose spirits are flat to remain
in the service. He sees the implants as preventive surgery to benefit
"women who might leave because of suffering from psychological
depression over the size of their breasts."
British taxpayers
have been footing the bill since this uplifting surgery was first
performed on a female corporal in 1994. It was reported then that
the implants were intended to make her "a happier soldier."
Whether the men in her unit were happier too was unreported.
Advocates who
relentlessly push the military along the road to complete gender
integration in the ranks continually get tripped up by the latest
ridiculous accommodation of girl soldiers. Before going under the
knife, a female soldier who feels inadequate when the order is called
for "shoulders back, chest out" might consider that she
would feel a bit more feminine if she stopped wearing men's clothes.
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