<p>"There are three types of lies: Lies, damn lies and statistics."</p><p>In this article five views are expressed.</p><p>1. Typical, quantitative sociological practices are not ideal to foster an understanding of man's cohabitation.</p><p>2. A new study of cohabitation or another technique of becoming acquainted with groups is needed.</p><p>3. The military is specially suited to the earlier (mal-?) practices due to its orderly structure _ military sociology was fraught with the earlier stereotype practices.</p><p>4. The new approach to study is one of actually experiencing and understanding, rather than description and declaration.</p><p>5. The military (especially the SA Defence Force) is well-suited to the new approach.</p>