"We have to figure out a way to make it fair to both genders."
The army is considering scrapping its new "gender neutral" fitness test because women are failing at it en masse and it's therefor not "fair" to "both genders."
From The Telegraph, "US army halts gender neutral fitness test as women struggle":
The US army is considering scrapping its new gender neutral fitness test because women have been failing in much larger numbers than men.I'm sure our adversaries will be nice enough to make sure these ladies will only go into combat against other female soldiers!
Research showed that the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), which is the same for male and female soldiers, was leading to lower results for women with a knock-on effect for promotions.
An early Pentagon study showed women were failing the ACFT at a rate of 65 per cent, compared with 10 per cent for men. Congress has halted implementation of the new test and the army has begun an independent review into whether it is fair. It has been suggested that the standard test could be evaluated differently for men and women.
The test includes six events - a maximum deadlift, a standing power throw, hand-release push-ups, a sprint, drag and carry, leg tuck, and a two-mile run. Those taking it must score at least 360 points out of a possible 600, and those who achieve higher scores are...
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7 comments:
When you lower your standards, you get a lower quality organization. Who knew?
An army officer told Military.com: "We have to figure out a way to make it fair to both genders. No we don't!
I hope our enemies have pussified their military so we can keep up....
We had the same problem with minorities.....they couldn't pass the tests so they lowered the standards....
how about we go back to the "old" AFPT. sit ups, push ups, and 2 mile run, with passing scores adjusted for age and gender. what was "unfair" with that??
She throws like a girl.....
It still allowed women to pretend to serve while lowering overall quality. The military is not supposed to be a social program.
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