• Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    The tests for a given job in the military are legally required to be gender and age neutral. This silly dink is lying. As it says in the article:

    The basic physical fitness tests differ across military services and are typically adjusted by age and gender.

    “These are basically just to see if this person is fit to be in the military, whether they’re a heart surgeon or a Catholic chaplain or a combat person,” Manning said. “But for every single job in the military, there’s also a set of occupational standards that have to be met. And the law says that they must be gender and age neutral.”