Heather Mac Donald at NRO
"Any claim that our fighting forces are not reaching their maximum potential because females are not included is absurd. The number of women who are the equal to reasonably well-developed men in upper-body strength and who have the same stamina and endurance is vanishingly small. Because the number of women who will meet the military’s already debased physical-fitness standard will not satisfy the feminists’ demand for representation, the fitness standard will inevitably be lowered across the board or for women alone, as we have seen in civilian uniformed forces."
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"I am not aware of any comparable crusade to create gender-integrated football teams. At least America knows what’s really important."
Heather Mac Donald is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
"Any claim that our fighting forces are not reaching their maximum potential because females are not included is absurd. The number of women who are the equal to reasonably well-developed men in upper-body strength and who have the same stamina and endurance is vanishingly small. Because the number of women who will meet the military’s already debased physical-fitness standard will not satisfy the feminists’ demand for representation, the fitness standard will inevitably be lowered across the board or for women alone, as we have seen in civilian uniformed forces."
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"I am not aware of any comparable crusade to create gender-integrated football teams. At least America knows what’s really important."
Heather Mac Donald is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.
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