IMO, this should not be about whether they are physically able to handle the training... Doing pushups, running, etc have nothing at all to do with the rigors of actual combat...
Especially Special Ops combat...This is not something you just walk away from if you do not meet expectations like training workouts...You don’t walk away...You are carried away in a black body bag and or so are your teammates...
Men have a instinctual trait to “protect” females...This instinct could possibly divert the operators full attention away from the mission even subconsciencely...
Is protect another word for boink?
Not to sound like a jerk, but have you been around these kids? My daughter is a paramedic and she is expected to carry her end of the stretcher.