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didn't bother to read the article, but is it perhaps partly due to the fact that women are more likely to report their injuries compared to men? There can be a
by rootw0rm 8y ago
didn't bother to read the article, but is it perhaps partly due to the fact that women are more likely to report their injuries compared to men? There can be a lot of pressure on men to just "suck it up" and not report injuries.
- jcranmer 8y agoThe breakdown of incidence reports strongly suggests that the cause is entirely predictable: loading up individuals to carry more than they can carry in good health, which is going to affect women (which are disproportionately smaller and less massive) more than men. The study made no attempt to control for that, which is quite frankly irresponsible.
- lainga 8y agoDon't you have to carry the same amount of equipment, and thus equal weight, as a soldier of any gender?
- jcranmer 8y agoYes. As I mentioned in another comment, however, pretty much everyone who wants to expand these sorts of positions to women expect that they would be held to the same standards (e.g., fitness requirements) that men in these positions, while the study itself drew from women based only on the current fitness standards, which are easier for women than men.