In Korea (Camp Casey) females were brought in to what had been an all male Hooch (barracks). There was one latrine and in typical fashion: stalls with no doors and a shower room with the shower heads along the walls. The "male" and "female" sign was tried to prevent embarrassment, but it didn't work after PT when One group had to wait for another group to get done or a prudish (usually a female) soldier locked the door and no one was happy. The answer: if the sign was up it was that gender's turn. If it was down, it was coed. It didn't take long before stall doors were put on (regulations say females have to get doors) and the sign was down all the time. If a new soldier came in and didn't like it, they either got along or moved.
There weren't really any issues with males and females showering together. Within six months another barracks built and the females moved out. I don't think anyone was happy. I think the leadership believed the sign was working and up all the time.
In Korea (Camp Casey) females were brought in to what had been an all male Hooch (barracks). There was one latrine and in typical fashion: stalls with no doors and a shower room with the shower heads along the walls. The "male" and "female" sign was tried to prevent embarrassment, but it didn't work after PT when One group had to wait for another group to get done or a prudish (usually a female) soldier locked the door and no one was happy. The answer: if the sign was up it was that gender's turn. If it was down, it was coed. It didn't take long before stall doors were put on (regulations say females have to get doors) and the sign was down all the time. If a new soldier came in and didn't like it, they either got along or moved.
There weren't really any issues with males and females showering together. Within six months another barracks built and the females moved out. I don't think anyone was happy. I think the leadership believed the sign was working and up all the time.
