That's a good question. Due to the industry that I work in, I have quite a bit of experience with the FDA. I do not interface with the food side of the FDA so much as I do on the Medical Devices & Drug side. The FDA is extremely strict when it comes to Medical Devices & Drugs....that they do what the claims are (and there is objective evidence to prove said claim.). What also makes it interesting is that the test methods for proving those claims also have to be proven to be effective. They are far more strict their the European, Japanese, or Chinese counterparts. So should the FDA be more like Efsa....I'm not sure. I think that both agencies could stand to be harmonized, however. That, more than most other things, would help industry.

Abominable? I'm not sure. I will definately say that it is noteworthy. I always figured that it was a reverse-sexism type thing. It could be a gender role type thing (female combatants) vs. the expectation that women are more nurturing? Could definately be a good study for someone in that field.

Not to be a total pain, but you're supposition that there will be "society's full acceptance" may be...rather far off. Throughout the world, there will be huge swaths of individuals who will not partake in "society's acceptance", and as such, it will not achieve the "full" status.

But setting that aside, will that subset of culture die out? I'm going to go with no. For the simple reason is that it will be remembered and "brought back" as an individual desires. I'm just thinking of different cultural sub-sets of the past, and they come back every now and again (Halloween in America). The question would be, could an individual dress up in the queer culture stereotype, without it being seen as mocking? For example...one does not often see individuals in "black face". One does not often see individuals dressed up as a Nazi. Of the two examples that I referenced, one is seen as mocking and the other is seen as abhorant. Will the queer culture stereotype fall into one of those catagories in the future?

~Jeordam