No no no no no no no....
And going swimming doesn’t mean you are going to get wet.
I don’t think anyone ever said women are not “strong.” I am sure most, if not all, men could not stand the pain of childbirth (although many women are foregoing that these days — who knows what the long-term implications of THAT are).
BUT women are not strong WHERE IT COUNTS when on the battlefield.
Leaving her buddy to die (or dying with him/her) because of PC is a pretty awful ending.
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Ya, they beat up men all the time on TV....
And cold weather means the planet is warming up.
Liar!
It’s gravity’s fault.
If at 200 lb person is upstairs overcome with smoke in a house fire, we should all hope a woman fireperson arrives on scene to carry them out...
yuk yuk...
Pull! Pull, Pyle, Pull! One Pull Up, Pyle!
When it comes specifically to doing pull-ups, yes. Yes it does.
LOL.
But it does prove they can't do a pull up.
This is really pretty stupid.
Gee, she’s comparing apples and oranges. Childbirth has nothing to do with battlefield survival.
So the new standard of strength is giving birth and nursing someone?
A person (male or female) who cannot pull his or her own weight up is W-E-A-K!
I almost puked when I read the part about women being strong because many are on their feet all day. Marines have to be on their feet all day where all day may literally be all 24 hours of a day and part of the next standing while marching and fighting. Strength tests for Marines must be based on strength required in combat.
Frankly, women should stick to giving birth and nursing babies.
Good lord.
Did any of you people READ the article past the second paragraph?
She’s on our side, for pete’s sake. She’s saying that men and women are different, and are physically strong in different ways.
The money quote, for those of you who can’t be bothered to read past the headline:
“The Associated Press then goes on to characterize the truth that “pullups require the muscular strength necessary to perform common military tasks such as scaling a wall, climbing up a rope or lifting and carrying heavy munitions” simply as a “belief” held by the Marine Corps. I wonder where they got that crazy idea. I mean, I can’t scale a wall or climb a rope but I’ve noticed that everyone at my gym who can do these things can also do a pullup. Or 20 pullups.”
The AP nailed it—In modern warfare, fought from computer terminals, it’s ridiculous to assume that Marines will ever have to scale walls, climb ropes, or lift and carry heavy munitions.
It’s all a misogynistic plot.
This is just silly. Even if a woman could do three pullups, that doesn’t make her strong. Three pullups is nothing for a fit man. A man who can only do three pullups is weak.
The average Marine combat load is 70+ pounds of body armor, weapons, ammo and other gear. There are virtually no women who can carry that weight and then perform to even minimal combat standards. If there are more than a handful in the Corps who could do so without quickly sustaining serious injury, let alone do so while picking up and carrying a wounded soldier any amount of distance, I’d be shocked.
Let’s just make all female Marines Generals when the take the Oath before they even begin Basic Training. Problem solved.
No, it just means that in combat they aren’t near as good as men.
Cindy grab Jim...Can't...too heavy.
Never mind Cindy. I'll carry Jim and Joe and the ammo. Just grab the coffee pot...