In recent years, the Army has experienced a number of sex scandals at various military training bases around the country. Men and women will inevitably be sexually attracted to each other. Defense Department policies should therefore discourage sexual misconduct by housing and training young men and women separately. Drill instructors should be of the same sex. Young men and women can be trained to control their sexual urges, even if they are training, living, and sleeping in close quarters.
Proper leadership can reduce sexual misconduct in co-ed barracks.
Drill instructors may be of the opposite sex. Unisex bathrooms, like the ones featured in the fictional law firm on the hit show Ally McBeal , may make for nineties-type entertainment, but voters are skeptical of the concept in military training facilities. Voters support military policies that separate men and women in order to maintain control during basic training and discourage sexual misconduct. The military requires stricter rules to preserve discipline, good order, and morale. Regulations banning sexual relationships between officers, subordinates and recruits should be retained and enforced fairly.