How on earth was he going to explain this one? "Proportionally there a lot more males and females. If a relationship is discovered between people who work closely, the woman is pretty much forced out of the military. There isn't an equal footing between genders, among humans, the women are much weaker."

That last bit is said with the flatest tone, there is nothing weak about the women he's served with. The military is pretty much two centuries behind with its views on genders and sex.