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To: William Terrell
Have you seen any actual peer reviewed studies that supported that idea?

Gillingham, Cristy, Schade, Jackson, and Gilstrap also collected research data from the centrifuge. Female subjects in this study had an 88% success rate in the centrifuge, that is 88% of the women completed all the centrifuge training. The men had a success rate of only 81%. However, the experimenters were unable to show that the difference in success rated between the two genders was statistically significant. Motion sickness occurred in 35% of the female subjects and in 45% of the male profiles. Thus, the study concluded, "The inherent G tolerances of men and women, as measured by centrifuge testing with standardized G profiles and tolerance endpoint, are essentially the same" (Gillingham, Cristy, Schade, Jackson, and Gilstrap, 1986). They reported that there is no G tolerance deficiency in women, thus women should not be excluded from the flying world on the basis of G tolerance.

Please note that this study also concludes that there is little or no difference between male and female tolerance.

http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/waterman.html

150 posted on 12/27/2006 10:37:02 AM PST by Ben Mugged (Always cheat; always win. The only unfair fight is the one you lose.)
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To: Ben Mugged
There may be no difference in tolerance, but a wide difference in being able to physically act under multiple gravities. Muscles, my friend, is what wins wars and survival.

153 posted on 12/27/2006 11:46:10 AM PST by William Terrell (Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
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