Gender Sensitisation

A General was interviewed by a TV channel about gender sensitisation in the Army. Here is the transcript:
Anchor: General, isn’t it important that there needs to be gender sensitisation with so many lady officers joining the Army?
General: Of course.
Anchor: What are the steps taken by the Army to sensitise its rank and file about gender equality?
General: We have started out there in the field, where the action is. We have gone to the trenches. We renamed the ‘three men fire trench’ to ‘two men one woman trench’. This is in keeping with the national paradigm of 33% reservation for women. We have given 33% reservation to women in the trenches.
Anchor: That’s wonderful!
General: What’s more, the men have welcomed this initiative with open arms.
Anchor: What else, sir?
General: We are also looking for legal sanction in the military law. We have asked for rewording of certain charges framed against delinquent persons. For example, we have proposed rewording the charge ‘Stealing the affections of a brother officer’s wife’ to include ‘Stealing the affections of a sister officer’s husband’. In fact, with the gay rights being so much in focus, we have actually done better. We have made clever use of the stroke.
Anchor: Excuse me?
General: In the Army we have a wonderful device called the ‘stroke’. We even have ‘stroke appointments’. No, no, it has nothing to do with your appointment with the heart specialist. ‘Stroke’ is something akin to placeholder in your jargon or ‘oblique’, if you like. For example, we could reword the ‘Stealing the affections...’ charge to read, ‘Stealing the affections of a brother/sister officer’s wife/husband’. All permutations and combinations of genders are covered by this stroke of genius. Ha, ha, ...
(The General laughs at his own little pun)
Anchor: The Army is really doing a lot for gender sensitisation. Anything else sir?
General: We have actually gone beyond active service. We plan to change our lexicon on esm too. Most people are already calling our esm, that is, exservicemen, veterans but we need official cover.
Anchor: Any downside, sir?
General: There are no downsides but we are facing some difficulty in cases where there is reverse gender sensitisation. For example, we had to do some clever use of ‘strokeplay’ to get over what we call manhole-reverse-sensitisation-dilemma. We plan to designate manhole as phole; with different strokes it could be a placeholder for personhole/personalhole/personnelhole. The last can be used for field latrines.
Anchor: Sir, what has been your biggest challenge?
General: Our biggest challenge has been to reword the oldest of Army rhymes. This one is like ‘Jack and Jill’ for all us. We grew up with it and there is a lot of heartburn to change it. Obviously, in a limerick, strokeplay will not do.
Anchor: And the limerick?
General: (aside, to himself) what the hell? Shortly it is going to be in the public domain in any case for debate and views,(Loudly, and a little awkwardly)Here is the limerick:
This is my rifle, this is my gun.
This is for firing, this is for fun.
Anchor: Thank you for your candid views, sir. We appreciate your efforts to make the Indian Army an equal opportunity Army.