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Comment by ad_hominem

> gender differences don't have any significant impact on women's capacity to perform any job--even physically strenuous jobs, with the right training

That seems just plain wrong considering so many women fail Marine fitness tests:

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/284252-report-6-out-of-7-f...

And FDNY had to relax physical fitness requirements in order to hire more women firefighters:

https://www.bustle.com/articles/53536-fdny-wants-more-women-...

Women also have to be separated from men in professional sports, otherwise in many sports it wouldn't even be close (e.g. the aged, #203-ranked male tennis player walloping both Williams sisters in their prime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten_Braasch).

There's nothing wrong with admitting there are basic biological differences between men and women relating to strength.

parent ad_hominem 9 years ago

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