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To: PapaBear3625

I agree, but it’ll never happen. Day 1, the first thing you do is take the APFT (plus 6 chin-ups from a dead hang), which has different standards for men and women.

Day 2, the first thing you do is a 5-mile run in formation at an 8-min/mile pace.

I certainly know some women who could do those things to the same standards as men, but not many—which would negate the point of allowing women into Ranger school in the first place.


73 posted on 05/16/2012 2:31:05 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater
I certainly know some women who could do those things to the same standards as men, but not many—which would negate the point of allowing women into Ranger school in the first place.

Which was my point (see my post #27). Especially for tests of upper-body strength, there are only a tiny percentage of women who could pass. Which means that women will necessarily be held to a very different standard.

75 posted on 05/16/2012 2:45:13 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I canÂ’t be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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