>The Royal Canadian Navy is looking to chart new waters by dropping the term “seaman” when referring to its most junior sailors and replacing it with something more gender-neutral.
Navies around the world have used the terms “ordinary seaman,” “able seaman,” “leading seaman” and “master seaman” for decades and in some cases centuries. But Cmdr. Deborah Lynn Gates says those terms are being replaced in Canada as the navy, which is short hundreds of sailors, works to become more diverse and inclusive.
She says it is also aimed at making sure the navy’s most junior members feel safe and proud of their ranks and profession, acknowledging the double entendre associated with the term “seaman.”
Members of the navy as well as the public at large will be able to vote online on two alternatives starting Friday, with both variants substituting “sailor” in place of “seaman” in different ways.
While the plan to drop the term has already prompted some backlash on social media, Gates says the navy wants to show both Canadians and its sailors that it is a modern and progressive organization.
Truly, how much more of this bullshit must we endure before the pendulum swings back in our direction?
Cameron Flores
Seaxir
Ryder Taylor
>they will now be know simply as "loads"
Luke Ramirez
Society will collapse first.
Lincoln Thompson
>"ordinary load,” “able load,” “leading load” and “master load” What was wrong with sailor? No sails?
Jace Brooks
I honestly didnt know we had a navy
Brayden Barnes
Now how are Canadians supposed to make jokes about submarines?
Nathan Anderson
Our navy consists of setting subs on fire in the north atlantic, I believe.
Matthew Garcia
somehow progressive leftist made their titles less gay
Gavin Nelson
Canada will always be full of seamen.
Xavier Edwards
>first they came for the aloha shirts YO TONE IT DOWN WITH THE HOMOPHOBIA ALREADY
Gabriel Campbell
lmao
Ryder Clark
I think a total social catastrophe will be required to get this all back to normal.
Luckily, I suspect we will have one soon enough.
Isaac Richardson
>dropping semen
cuckoldry
Jordan Morales
Just accept China as your new home country and all of it will stop.
Justin Reed
Semen guzzler?
Samuel Price
Based Malaysian speaks about the fall of Canada.
John Reed
Now it will just be called "ejaculate".
Gabriel Sullivan
jizz bois
Adrian Barnes
Seatrans? Transea? Sea-wo-man
Carter Hernandez
They will now be called genderfluid instead
Cameron Peterson
so they're called "sperm" now?
Carson Jones
When I graduated uni years back I was a lanky kid with no prospects. Went to a job fair and saw this recruitment booth for the Canadian Forces. This boomer sergeant was telling me how I could become an officer in the army and that the requirements are all high and strict yet he kept saying I was the perfect candidate and that people like me were "over-qualified" he kept saying how I could become a captain and command battalions after 1 year of military schooling and such. Was all bullshit of course.
Samuel Martinez
>Canadian Navy to drop term ‘seaman’ in favour of gender-neutral title what are they going to change it to, cum?
Jose Jones
>those terms are being replaced in Canada as the navy, which is short hundreds of sailors, works to become more diverse and inclusive.
