Master Seaman Sophie Macarthur was one of the women celebrating yesterday. She's thinking about applying for a move from a patrol frigate to a sub.

"It's definitely going to take some getting used to by the men, for sure. This has been their last bastion of the man's club," Macarthur said from Halifax.

The 29-year-old said she's not overly concerned about privacy issues aboard a cramped submarine -- even though it would mean sharing sleeping quarters with men.

"Probably the biggest concern about sleeping in the same space as a bunch of men is snoring, I'm a pretty light sleeper," she said. "As long as they give me somewhere to change and I can shower by myself, I'm happy."

Macarthur said she hasn't run into any serious problems aboard ships and expects men on subs will get used to working with women pretty quickly.

"If there's only serious women applying for it, the men will get to understand that even though there are women, they're there to work." Source.
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