© Michael Cole / Corbis via Getty ImagesThree women dressed in RAF uniform
An RAF source told the Sun that the change has been made to highlight the force as a "modern and inclusive employer."
"We have men who want to live as women, women who want to live as men and personnel who do not identify with any gender.
"The view was we need a uniform policy to cut through all of that and say there is one uniform for everyone and that's that," the source claimed.
An RAF spokesperson told the Sun that while "uniform regulations, including dress for formal parades, are regularly reviewed" there had been no formal decisions "to make any changes" so far.
Efforts to make the military more inclusive have stung some Royal Navy personnel after sailors were barred from enjoying porn films and having saucy pictures on board ships. The rule change followed an official review which found that Her Majesty's warships are rife with smut and will be enforced through unannounced searches by Royal Navy Police.
"To be fair, this is part of the service coming into the 21st century, being more inclusive and not offending women," one Navy source told the Sun newspaper. However, the source acknowledged that the ban has left sailors worried about how to pass time below decks.
"A lot of the lads are moaning about this because porn has been rife across the fleet for generations, and this is the result of a few people complaining.
"They stopped the rum tot and reduced our alcohol allowance and have now banned porn."
Comment: While the ban on smut seeks to make a more respectful environment for women, doesn't the ban on women wearing skirts on parade go to the extreme of denying femininity altogether? In the fervor to be more inclusive, doesn't the ban exclude the many service members who are women?
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