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To: neverdem

“Hypothetically speaking, if a female soldier carries 70 pounds of equipment five miles and exerts the same effort as a male carrying 100 pounds of equipment the same distance, the differing standards could be viewed as ‘gender-neutral’ because both exerted the same amount of effort, with differing loads.”

Yeah, I suppose they could be viewed as ‘gender nuetral.’

Likewise, a horse carrying 200 lbs 5 miles and a chipmunk carrying an acorn 5 miles could be called something like ‘species neutral.’

Obviously.

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6 posted on 01/30/2013 5:53:03 PM PST by Ransomed
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To: Ransomed
Well I guess that makes sense........same exertion while doing less work = same faster promotions and pay. Makes perfect sense for a military force.
10 posted on 01/30/2013 7:46:48 PM PST by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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To: Ransomed
do they make allowances for guys who weigh differently? A 120 lb guy should carry the same as a 220 lb guy, right?

Or how about two guys of the same weight but one is heavily muscled?

14 posted on 01/31/2013 3:17:04 AM PST by Cronos
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