Some of the men were very comfortable in their jobs and resented the WACs who would depose them. The men did not want combat and neither did their families and fiancées. They believed that the WACs were to blame for the threat of overseas duties. The women who joined the military meant change, and men did not want change. Therefore, they believed the worst rumors about the women, and passed them on (elaborately embellished) to their fellow soldiers, families, and friends.
