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Soldiers taking part in the elite force’s selection process are stripped naked for mock questioning.

But female inquisitors are giving would-be recruits the willies by mocking the size of their manhoods.

Now the women, many from the Intelligence Corps, have been warned that this is no longer acceptable in the politically-correct Army.

A source said: “It can be quite humiliating. But they are looking for a response. They are trying to make you snap and react. Once you do that you are on the road to failure. You just have to grin and bear it.

“Some people are able to laugh it off but others can get quite annoyed about it.”

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The warning came after a soldier moaned to senior officers about his treatment while being questioned by female intelligence officers during a “Resistance to Interrogation” training exercise.

Anyone hoping to serve in the special forces – including the SAS, SBS and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment – must go through an “Escape and Evasion” course.

It comes right at the end of special forces selection and lasts around two weeks. In the first part of the exercise, soldiers are tracked by a hunter force and must live off the land and avoid capture.

All those taking part are eventually seized and the next phase is a 36-hour “Resistance to Interrogation” element.

Troops are stripped, made to stand in stress positions and then interrogated by a mixture of male and female soldiers.

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One source said: “The key aim to surviving the ‘Escape and Evasion’ phase of selection is to say nothing. Forget all that name, rank serial number nonsense – it’s about keeping your mouth shut.

“The women come in and humiliate you and the easiest way to do that is to make fun of your penis size.”

He added: “When you are cold, wet, dehydrated and hungry it has an effect on certain parts of your anatomy. Some parts of your extremities can shrink and shrivel.

“The female interrogators come in and start laughing at you. There might be three of them and you are on your own with a hood over your head and you are stark naked.

“You feel very vulnerable – and that’s the point. They will say things like, ‘Call yourself a man with a penis that small?’”

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It is understood the soldier who complained said he would not be allowed to comment on a woman’s breasts or backside, even as part of an exercise – so female troops should not be allowed to comment on a male soldier’s penis.

The female interrogators are selected from across the armed forces. Twice a year they help in the selection of SAS soldiers and subject candidates to mock interrogations.

They have taken part in the selection process for more than 25 years and are said to be experts in “breaking” troops.

The Ministry of Defence said it does not comment on special forces operations.