When I was still in the Navy , there were some Navy wives including our O-5 Co's wife, who were all about equal rights and equal opportunity, equal pay for equal work.
The same old use the military as a social experiment argument.
One of the best ways to quiet such talk at some social event was to agree with them and declare that all locker rooms, showers, bathrooms, and staterooms be open to both sexes without restriction.
That usually shuts them up.