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Article #1855Re: Women involved in combat (was Re: fu&^%$#@!@#$%^&*()@#!~!`)
From: John Roberts
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 00:00
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 00:00
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In article <50pj0v$302@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>, timd@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM says... >>Males that *don't* meet the physical requirements are not admitted >>into military service, let alone combat.[...] >So why not do women the same way? They used to, until the women's equality movement complained that the physical requirements were discriminatory against women and were keeping them out of the military, and forced the standards to be lowered to compensate for the average woman's lower strength/endurance level and higher body fat/muscle ratio.
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