“Females can’t do the required pushups ... but that’s just for starters ....”
It’s kind of amazing though that there hasn’t been some huge push to create a different standard or something. I think in a lot of fire departments there is. Maybe not, but I thought I read that somewhere.
Probably there are women who could do the push-ups but couldn’t do a lot of the other stuff.
“Probably there are women who could do the push-ups but couldn’t do a lot of the other stuff.”
Yes, many/most fire departments have lowered their standards. Women typically flunked based on physical requirements, esp. “unimportant things” like the ability to carry a heavy reel of hose. Luckily, those standards have been changed so that everyone can fully participate and Wonder Woman can wait for her nails to dry while your house burns down.