Unisex Uniforms

From the Stars and Stripes:
"Army uniform designed for women now for all"

For decades, female soldiers have had to wear combat uniforms designed with the male body in mind. But turnabout is fair play. The Army is now testing on men combat uniforms designed for women. Some 300 male soldiers wore the new “Army Combat Uniform — Alternate” last month on bases in Georgia and Texas to fit-test the garments. Results are expected next month, according to officials at the Program Executive Office Soldier at Fort Belvoir, Va. The uniform — with narrower shoulders, a slightly tapered waist, a slightly flared hip, a more spacious seat and an elastic waist — has been in the works for three years. The Army Uniform Board approved funding to research a female-only uniform in 2009. Last year, Maj. Sequana Robinson at PEO Soldier told The Associated Press that the new uniform — by then in prototype — was “a better fit to a woman’s dimensions based upon the measures of a woman’s body.” But in March, the uniform board approved the uniform for both sexes. “The Army is not moving forward with a female-only ACU,” PEO officials, who declined to be identified, wrote in an emailed response to written questions. Instead, the ACU-A will be authorized to be worn by all soldiers. The coats and trousers will come in more than a dozen sizes. According to PEO Soldier officials, they might appeal to “smaller statured male soldiers.”

^ I don't see why they don't have a uniform for women and one for men. The military discriminates against women by not allowing them in combat and so there is already an offical gender difference. Also, there are different dress uniforms for men and women (women have to wear skirts.) It seems pretty dumb and hypocritical to say you aren't doing something so you don't single-out one gender over the other and yet have official policies in place that do just that. ^

http://www.stripes.com/news/army-uniform-designed-for-women-now-for-all-1.191106