The military, as part of its new edicts allowing females into infantry units, is "considering" (read: it's already a done deal) making the prestigious Ranger School open to females as well. So does that mean girlie push-ups will now be part of PT in the Rangers? They always claims it won't affect standards, but how can it not? Statistically, women have half or less the upper body strength of men, so you can only conclude that either the huge majority of females will fail the physical standards, or that the standards themselves will be the ones getting a failing grade. I think we know how that will go down.
My dad was in a large urban fire department during the 1980s when they first started accepting women. He said the first thing to happen is that the physical requirements (ladder carrying, stair climbing in full gear, as well as the classic "fireman carry" drill) were all watered down because the women almost universally failed them.
http://www.military.com/news/article/ranger-school-considers-going-co-ed.html
