Brit Army to rewrite physical standards to accommodate more females
Jonn Lilyea | April 4, 2016 | 26 Comments
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=65095Andy 11M sends a link to the UK’s Daily Mail which reports that the British Army intends to write new physical standards that discriminate between male and female soldiers so that more women can qualify for more rigorous occupational specialties, specifically, combat arms;
Physical differences between men and women will be recognised in the tests as Defence Secretary Michael Fallon prepares to sign off on plans to allow women into the most dangerous roles for the first time.
Female soldiers are expected to be allowed to join close combat units, including the infantry and armoured regiments, for the first time from this summer.
The reforms will come alongside changes to the Army’s physical training which is currently ‘optimised for male physiology’, the Sunday Times reported.
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And analysis of recent Army recruits suggests only 30 women a year would pass the current physical standards for joining the front line units.
The study found: ‘We know that women are built differently to men — higher fat mass, less muscle mass, less cardio output, which leads to greater/quicker energy deficit than men and they have to work harder to achieve the same output.’
The excuse is that the lower standards will result in fewer injuries among the female candidates for those jobs. In short – most women can’t compete directly with men. No surprises here, it’s called nature.
The Pentagon’s social justice warriors are probably salivating at the thought of an opportunity to use this as an excuse to lower physical standards for our own military. “Well, the British did it”.
