[QUOTE=afchic;
Do you think it is fair to put me in the same category (I am 6'2 approx 185 lbs) with a little thing that is 5'2 and weighs 100 pounds? Yes there is a difference between men and women. But I bet that with my body type, I would have a better chance of passing said test than say a 5'5 guy who weighed 130 pounds.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't put you into a category.
The categories are,
1. Can be built into someone who can perform all functions, and
2. Cannot be built into someone who can perform all functions.
Had the washout rate for females been 85%, and for males, been 50%, someone would have declared that "unfair". I would not.
However, politics would have prevailed and heads would have rolled.
Letting "gender identity" be for a moment, I reassert:
The army is either someplace for people to be ( my son with MS, my very small granddaughter), or it is a very important team that must focus on winning.
When we use the word "disabled", we are really talking "less able". Few would agree with putting physically disabled soldiers into an airborne infantry squad. When we get to applying abilities to gender, we duck, dodge, and dance an *declare* that we are all equal.
That, of course, means that I can whip Michael Jordan's butt about 50% of the time on the hardwood court. Yeah, right
If we are supposed to have a "representative percentage" of "can't find his ass with both hands", and "hasn't been sober in 20 years", in order to be fair to whatever groups, in whatever way we divide our society, I'm against that too.