Pioneering Female Ranger School Grad: Lowering Fitness Standards for Women Is a Bad Idea

[rangerrebew]

Pioneering Female Ranger School Grad: Lowering Fitness Standards for Women Is a Bad Idea
 
25 Feb 2021
Military.com | By Stephen Losey

The Army's first female infantry officer is urging the service not to revert to separate fitness standards for men and women.

In an essay posted online Thursday by West Point's Modern War Institute, Capt. Kristen Griest said that evaluating women based on lower fitness standards would not only hurt the effectiveness of combat arms units, it also would hurt women in the Army.

"Under a gender-based system, women in combat arms have to fight every day to dispel the notion that their presence inherently weakens these previously all-male units," Griest wrote. "Lower female standards also reinforce the belief that women cannot perform the same job as men, therefore making it difficult for women to earn the trust and confidence of their teammates."

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/02/25/pioneering-female-ranger-school-grad-lowering-fitness-standards-women-bad-idea.html

[rangerrebew]

OK,liberals.  This isn't suggesting women have to pee standing up, or be in  farting contests, or looking at girly magazines.  This is purely about ability to be in the field with men, in the same conditions, and doing the same job.

[Axeslinger]

The money lines:

"While it may be difficult for a 120-pound woman to lift or drag 250 pounds, the Army cannot artificially absolve women of that responsibility; it may still exist on the battlefield," Griest wrote.

"The entire purpose of creating a gender-neutral test was to acknowledge the reality that each job has objective physical standards to which all soldiers should be held, regardless of gender," she continued. "The intent was not to ensure that women and men will have an equal likelihood of meeting those standards. Rather, it is incumbent upon women who volunteer for the combat arms profession to ensure they are fully capable and qualified for it."

What’s this?  Sanity?!?