re: Army Considers Return to Gendered Fitness Test as Equality Experiment Fails Miserably

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So, males are physically stronger and more athletic than females?

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It's breaking news, alright.

Actually, the science has been there for this for decades. Not that anyone needs science to figure this out, but we've had the actual hard numbers, meaning that we know just how much stronger and more athletic men are than women.

Women can get close to men in some metrics, but there are two metrics in particular that you have to be talking about the very weakest men compared to the very strongest women to see any overlap whatsoever, and that's in general upper body strength and grip strength.

Good thing neither of those metrics is important in combat.