Physical Requirement difference

-DDD- · 2020-05-23T05:13:10+00:00

what else would it be besides pandering if a test has lower requirements yet everyone is expected to do the same job requirement

imagine your taking a test in school and woman only need to get 14/28 of the questions right to pass while men need 28/28 of the questions right to pass thats clearly unfair and pandering to woman to make it easier for them

also the main requirements for the military are being strong and physical enough to keep up with everyone else and not hinder your teammates and possibly get them killed...now imagine you get your legs blown off and your female teammate cant lift you to safety because they lowered her requirements so now you die because the government is lowered their requirements...clearly the canadian government cares more about womans feelings than their soldiers lives

Soldiers and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan routinely carry between 60 and 100 pounds of gear including body armor, weapons and batteries.

you think a woman who cant do 14 pushups can do this? no she will only be a hindrance to everyone else

Lion_amongst_gods · 2020-05-23T06:29:04+00:00

Those who champion the cause of "Not enough women in the military/ management/ STEM" are always awfully quiet about "not enough women in prison/ homeless/ suicide stats". You just want the good parts of being a man. Also, it's Canada. So it's obviously pandering.

But to be specific

The military kit would probably be the same weight for all. So, if you need 28 pushups to be fit to do a task, then you have to do it irrespective of your gender.
In a pushup you lift your own body weight, not an absolute same load for all. For people who are not extremely thin or fat, it's mostly doable because the effort required is proportional to your body weight. The only difference is upper body strength. But this is the military. If you want to be a soldier, carry a soldier, you can't tell your enemy that you are a woman, and so you should be excused.

Rose_Scythe · 2020-05-23T05:12:17+00:00

It depends. Women have significantly lower upper body strength, so if both genders require 28 pushups, the woman is going to need to have considerably more strength endurance than the man were they both to meet the requirement.

For men, completing 28 pushups just requires you to not be obese. A woman would have to undertake some considerable training to hit that number.

The rep target isn't important. It's an arbitrary measure of fitness. If the case is that a similar level of fitness is required for a woman to complete 14 pushups as a man to complete 28, then I guess it's fair.

RyansPutter · 2020-05-23T09:04:23+00:00

Source? And is this timed?

OkLetterhead9 · 2020-05-23T16:11:37+00:00

This is discrimination.

Title	Physical Requirement difference
Author	AkwardBee55
Upvotes	17
Comments	22
Date	May 23, 2020 4:55 AM UTC (6 years ago)
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