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Article #1844Re: Women involved in combat (was Re: fu&^%$#@!@#$%^&*()@#!~!`)
From: Carl Witthoft
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 00:00
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In article <rfsmith-0609961205200001@rfsmith-mac.harvard.edu> rfsmith@husc3.harvard.edu (lord clod) writes: > Well, let me try a few reasons (in support of Rob's view): > 1. They don't pass the same physical requirements that their male > counterparts do. In many combat situations physical strength is >crucial, and Yet women have showed they can handle jobs as state troopers, firemen, garbage disposal, etc etc. At the turn of thecentury (yes, in the USA), there were laws limiting the amount of weight women were allowed to lift/move in any job. You can imagine that this helped keep women out of the employment list. The funny thing is that the weight limit was somewhat less than the added weight a women carried towards the end of her pregnancy. So, there's no validity in the claim that women can't handle the physical side of jobs in the war department. -- Carl Witthoft @ Adaptive Optics Associates carl@aoainc.com 54 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge,MA 02140 617-864-0201 Musicians Just "Do" It.
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