PCOD! We had the 20 deg W rule.......allegedly.
What you say about the Tailhook conventions seems to ring true, West C. The sort of antics which went on were hardly unknown - to go there and feign surprise seems totally naive. Unless the person complaining was just some Political Correcto trying to make a point.... Such as the idiots who complained about the use of the term "Heads up" or "In the box" as having 'sexual connotations' - I kid you not! We countered by asking them to stop using the word 'Bush' as that also had sexual connotations....
Heard on some TV show recently that the movie 'Top Gun' is now thought of as a 'gay icon' by some. Don't suppose that would go down (sorry) too well with the USN!