I lived next to a lady who was a Olympic Shotputter.
She could do it. Carrie Nation could hold her own in a bar (true she carried a hachet). Calamity Jane was fairly famous for being tough as nails. Ginger Rodgers did everything Fred Astaire did, backwards, in heels.
Keep the standards, and let who qualifies qualifies.
A bank was sued because they gave a test to pregnant women. They were not allowed to work if they couldn’t stand with their toes touching the wall. The court ruled that all employees had to take the test. They lost one pregnant clerk, and 3 vice presidents.
See my comments #11 and #22. That's the great fallacy of this whole nonsense.
I don't disagree that the tiny percentage of women who can pass standardized requirements deserve a look, but this example is not helpful. First, because all you are saying here is that this women excelled athletically against other women. I ran track in HS. I broke the women's world record for the mile in my freshman year. That made me competitive against other male FRESHMEN in my state. Nothing more. When I was a senior, I would have lapped Mary Decker on an indoor track.
Second, because you are talking about an atheletic specialty. Most shot-putters I've met can barely run one mile. And vice versa. The requirements for basic training are more like a decathelon. Women start with less upper body strength, and a less effecient gait. These are nature's rules, not mine.
She did not do so well against a bar stool in Elizabethtown, KY!