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==Naval Academy controversy==  

==Naval Academy controversy==  

As a popular political figure, Webb has been the subject of many controversies. During his Senate campaign a group female graduates of the United States Naval Academy accused him of fostering an air of hostility and harassment towards them within the academy. In a 1979 article by Webb, entitled "Women Can't Fight", he said he had never met a woman "whom [he] would trust to provide those men with combat leadership", while he was serving in the Vietnam War. He said of Bancroft Hall, a dorm at the Naval Academy that has 4,000 males and 300 females, was "a horny woman's dream." <ref>http://george.loper.org/archives/2006/Sep/9597.html</ref>

Webb has been the subject of many controversies. During his Senate campaign a group female graduates of the United States Naval Academy accused him of fostering an air of hostility and harassment towards them within the academy. In a 1979 article by Webb, entitled "Women Can't Fight", he said he had never met a woman "whom [he] would trust to provide those men with combat leadership", while he was serving in the Vietnam War. He said of Bancroft Hall, a dorm at the Naval Academy that has 4,000 males and 300 females, was "a horny woman's dream." <ref>http://george.loper.org/archives/2006/Sep/9597.html</ref>

After his appointment as United States Navy Secretary, Webb referred to [[military]] women as "thunder thighs." After Webb retaired, President Ronald Reagan wrote that "I don't think the Navy was sorry to see him go." <ref>http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21530</ref>

After his appointment as United States Navy Secretary, Webb referred to [[military]] women as "thunder thighs." After Webb retaired, President Ronald Reagan wrote that "I don't think the Navy was sorry to see him go." <ref>http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21530</ref>