Female Swedish soldiers renew calls for fireproof undies
Women in the Swedish army are demanding the provision of military underwear designed for female forms after 30 years of having to slip into something less comfortable.
Asked whether women were in a rush to get access to specially tailored underwear, Katja Adolphson of the Swedish Conscription Council (Vrnpliktsrdet) replied: “We’ve been in a rush for the last thirty years.”
Despite the fact that they’ve been part of the Swedish Armed Forces for decades, female soldiers still have no choice but to don men’s underwear or risk the perils of combat in flammable civilian bras and panties.
Female soldiers were previously told that their underwear wait would be over by the spring of 2009, but so far the goods have been unforthcoming.