Female Cops Sue Department for ‘Discrimination’ After Failing Physical Fitness Test

pnw_diver · 2015-11-12T03:10:56+00:00

So the existence of a physical fitness test that shows that a police officer can deal with physical confrontations, chases, etc. Is "sexist".

Ridiculous.

wrez · 2015-11-12T01:05:34+00:00

"The incident is similar to a growing number of cases in which females in physically-strenuous jobs demand both special treatment and to be treated equal to their male counterparts at the same time."

Basically, they want a good paying job without doing the fitness levels required to perform the job successfully.

somnambulator · 2015-11-12T02:06:29+00:00

Another case of feminists wanting to have their cake and eat it too.

blackcatsmatter · 2015-11-12T05:55:37+00:00

An interesting aside. The wall (the one recruits have to climb) in the obstacle course at the NSW (Australia) Police Academy was lowered many years ago. I always assumed it was to accommodate women, but I found out from someone who used to work there that it was lowered because the higher wall was considered discriminatory to people of Asian (Chinese etc) descent. They are (or at the least were) significantly shorter on average. I'm not sure if the Police lost a court case or if they did it voluntarily to avoid one.

I know it's not particularly relevant, but I found it interesting when I heard it and thought others might too.

2015-11-12T06:27:54+00:00

We want equality as long as that means men has to lower their standards to accommodate us

2015-11-12T12:30:51+00:00

It's funny... the PD where I work has an easier test for women in all categories. I don't think a criminal would tone it down just because a cop is a female. And then they get upset when many male officers don't respect female officers as their male counterparts. Maybe because you got special treatment?

hatebosses · 2015-11-12T04:35:32+00:00

I say let them in. The criminals will show them exactly why there's a physical fitness test.

harryballsagna · 2015-11-12T10:45:38+00:00

Really? There's no better source than Infowars?

Sigbi · 2015-11-12T11:16:56+00:00

you should cross post this to world news or other big sub. I have a feeling other outside mensrights would agree fairly strongly.

2015-11-12T10:59:06+00:00

I like the way the department handled it. I'm not sure they should have put them back on duty. But the training program makes it clear that they aren't going to compromise their standards.

thalos3D · 2015-11-12T17:34:28+00:00

Wants "equality," but also special exemptions.

If they didn't have double standards they wouldn't have any standards at all.

Swinship · 2015-11-12T17:58:22+00:00

i should get into crime...

Keiichi81 · 2015-11-12T14:58:02+00:00

I actually don't care if departments want to lower standards to accommodate women as long as the standards are lowered equally for both genders. It's when there's a higher standard for men and a lower standard for women that my blood starts to boil.

skepticalbipartisan · 2015-11-12T02:07:56+00:00

Fat-shaming is illegal on reddit right?

Title	Female Cops Sue Department for ‘Discrimination’ After Failing Physical Fitness Test
Author	wrez
Upvotes	268
Comments	48
Date	November 12, 2015 1:01 AM UTC (10 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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