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    Dont send Mike Pence daughters  he asked for    sons.  
    Before Mike Pence became Vice President and vintage    cartoon meme, he was the governor of Indiana, a U.S.    representative, and host of his own political talk show. This    was back in the late 90s when most kids were interested in    Beanie Babies, Pokmon, and boy bands with ramen hair.  
    Of course, the 90s also gave birth to one of the most beloved    Disney animated films of all time, Mulan, and unfortunately    for Pence, his children were very interested in seeing the film    over Fathers Day 98.  
    Upon leaving the theater, Pence was compelled to pen an op-ed    on his shows website about the movie and what it might mean    for the military.  
    Just spent a memorable Fathers Day, like so many other    all American Hoosier dads, with my kids at the new Disney film    entitled, Mulan. For those who have not yet been victimized    by the McDonalds induced hysteria over this film, Mulan is a    fictional account of a delicate girl of the same name who    surreptitiously takes her fathers place in the Chinese army in    one of their ancient wars against the Huns.  
    Despite her delicate features and voice, Disney expects    us to believe that Mulans ingenuity and courage were enough to    carry her to military success on an equal basis with her    cloddish cohorts. Obviously, this is Walt Disneys attempt to    add childhood expectation to the cultural debate over the role    of women in the military.  
    I suspect that some mischievous liberal at Disney    assumes that Mulans story will cause a quiet change in the    next generations attitude about women in combat and they just    might be right. (Just think about how often we think of Bambi    every time the subject of deer hunting comes into the    mainstream media debate.)  
    The only problem with this liberal hope is the reality    which intrudes on the Disney ideal from the mornings headlines.    From the original Tailhook scandal involving scores of high    ranking navy fighter pilots who molested subordinate women to    the latest travesty at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, the hard truth    of our experiment with gender integration is that is has been    an almost complete disaster for the military and for many of    the individual women involved.  
    When Indiana Congressman Steve Buyer was appointed to    investigate the Aberdeen mess, he shocked the public with the    revelation that young, nubile, 18 year old men and women were    actually being HOUSED together during basic training. Whatever    bone head came up with this idea should be run out of this    mans Army before sundown. Housing, in close quarters, young    men and women (in some cases married to non-military personnel)    at the height of their physical and sexual potential is the    height of stupidity.  
    It is instructive that even in the Disney film, young    Ms. Mulan falls in love with her superior officer! Me thinks    the politically correct Disney types completely missed the    irony of this part of the story. They likely added it because    it added realism with which the viewer could identify with the    characters. You see, now stay with me on this, many young men    find many young women to be attractive sexually. Many young    women find many young men to be attractive sexually.  
    Put them together, in close quarters, for long periods    of time, and things will get interesting. Just like they    eventually did for young Mulan. Moral of story: women in    military, bad idea.  
    Essentially, Pence uses Mulan as an example as to why women    should not serve in the military because she was housed with    other men and fell in love with Captain Sheng. Some critics    have pointed out that using Mulan as the crux of his argument    is weak, as she nearly single-handedly saved all of China,    becoming the deadliest Disney Princess    (possibly character?) of all time.  
    Perhaps to Pences dismay, women were legally allowed to    serve in the U.S. military since 2001, three years after    Mulans release.  
    Comically, Pences feelings of victimization by the    McDonalds induced hysteria over this film    may soon resurface, not only with the live-action Mulan slated for    2019, but the (hopeful) return of the McDonalds    promotional dipping sauce created in honor of the movie    made culturally relevant again    by the hit show, Rick and Morty.  
Link:
VP Mike Pence Hated 'Mulan' Because Women in the Army is a 'Bad Idea' - NextShark