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Kind of burying the lede with the headline. I haven't been in the Army in nearly 15 years and hadn't heard of the standing power throw, but sex neutral standard
by nonameiguess 1y ago
Kind of burying the lede with the headline. I haven't been in the Army in nearly 15 years and hadn't heard of the standing power throw, but sex neutral standards are a pretty massive change. Women being graded on the men's scale are going to have an extremely hard time. My wife from back then routinely scored near 400 on the extended scale, well above the maximum for a woman, but was a full two minutes slower than me on the two-mile. We didn't do the deadlift, but we did it recreationally and I lifted triple what she did, not a huge surprise since she was barely 110 lbs.
Of course, women couldn't legally serve in combat roles at all back then, so they've still got a better shot now even if they need to meet male standards.
- Volundr 1y ago> To pass the deadlift event with 60 points, women 17 to 21 years old previously had to deadlift 120 pounds, but under the new standard, they would have to lift 140 pounds. Maybe my powerlifting background is coloring my thought process but this doesn't seem crazy to me? Assuming a small ~100lb woman that's 1.4x bodyweight and that's the extreme end. I imagine for most it's closer to 1x. I have no military and definitely no combat background so in this area I don't feel like I have the context to form much of an opinion.
- mystraline 1y ago> Women being graded on the men's scale are going to have an extremely hard time. That may be true. However with a consistent scale for everyone, means the comrade next to you passed the same test. And those around them passed the same test. Man? Passed the test. Woman? Passed the test. If the test isn't fair, then it should be reevaluated for all. The counter is 'women have it easier cause its dumbed down for them', which flies in the face of all that equality stuff.