JakeStarkey
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They already are lower! What don't you get about that?????
Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT)
The standards for women in the Army is much lower then that of men. And it is not just that way in the Army.
In the Marines, women do not even do pull-ups. Where as men have to do at least 3 pull-ups, women only have to do a "flexed arm hang" for 15 seconds. Where as men have 28 minutes as a minimum to run 3 miles, women get 36 minutes.
Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test Chart - Males
So don't even try to go there where the "standards will not be lowered", they already are, and have been since women first entered the military.
We are talking about combat arms. So show me where the women are going to get different standards than in the combat arms? You can't.
Theres a lot more to combat than simply firing guns. The physical tests are there (among other reasons) to ensure your military personell are strong enough to move injured soldiers out of harms way. I imagine most women couldnt drag a 200 pound man with his full pack on, let alone carry him.
Just so.