{"id":33817,"date":"2013-01-26T11:57:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-26T15:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=33817"},"modified":"2013-01-26T11:57:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T15:57:19","slug":"dempsey-considers-lowering-standards-for-women-in-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=33817","title":{"rendered":"Dempsey considers lowering standards for women in combat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our least favorite Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Martin Dempsey, in his press conference on Thursday along with our least favorite Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, hinted that he just might consider lowering the standards to let women in the jobs which might take them into combat, according to the Washington Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

When a reporter mentioned that the Pentagon\u2019s stance appeared to keep open the possibility that some occupational specialties would be off limits to females, Gen. Dempsey responded: \u201c[I]f we do decide that a particular standard is so high that a woman couldn\u2019t make it, the burden is now on the service to come back and explain to the secretary, why is it that high? Does it really have to be that high?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, that’s the one thing they said they wouldn’t do in the beginning of this whole discussion. but, in light of the two female Marines who dropped out of the infantry officers’ course, not because they couldn’t meet the academic standard, but rather because they couldn’t meet the physical standard because of who they are, I guess they’ve had second thoughts. <\/p>\n

They know that the social scientists are going to demand to see numbers and the only way to get what they think is equity, they have to lower the standards. But then, That’s what I’ve been saying for years. It’s not like they didn’t know – they’ve always known. They just ignored it so they don’t have to say out loud that women are not equal to men for biological reasons. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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