Small people on the police force...

[yesdachi]

Actually, there were two of the type ... plus one that was 5'6''.

I wouldn't underestimate short people, proper training and anyone can knock down a much larger opponent without training ... when both have similar levels of training, the one with the greater weight usually wins, if he knows proper tactics ... if he doesn't, he's dead.

I rarely underestimate anyone. And I agree that with proper training and motivation a person of diminutive stature can be every bit as skillful in a fight as a larger opponent. But I will stand by my claim that they are the exception.

Just for fun, pick any ten 5’2” slips of a girl from any mall, store, school or babe thread and face them off against any ten 6’+ guys or even girls and imagine (we must imagine because it would be impossible to really test) who would win. The answer is a no brainer. Now just for more fun imagine the same ten 5’2” slips fighting each other in a kid’s pool filled with cool whip! The winner of that fight would be anyone watching. giggity giggity

[Kralizec]

Dev Dave: you mean you're vertically disadvantaged, yet you don't vote for democrats?

Traitor!!!!!!!!!

[Ronin]

Trust me, it's not a pretty sight. I learned martial arts a while back, for recreational purposes, and the absolute best fighter there (who could literally beat anyone, if one does not count the trainer) was this slip of a girl, 5'1'', maybe 5'2''.

I´ve trained martial arts for a number of years(stopped now because on an injury) and I can say that those cases exist...but they are a clear exception....8, maybe 9 out of 10 times size is gonna win in the end.

[drone]

Now just for more fun imagine the same ten 5’2” slips fighting each other in a kid’s pool filled with cool whip! The winner of that fight would be anyone watching. giggity giggity

In red lingerie to see who gets to be the cherry? Alllll riiiiight.

[Devastatin Dave]

Dev Dave: you mean you're vertically disadvantaged, yet you don't vote for democrats?

Traitor!!!!!!!!!

I just don't want to be "shorted" on my tax return!!!
I know, i know, bad pun. I'm "short" on humor and "low" on puns.
badabing-badaboom!!!

[Major Robert Dump]

All this crap about training and psychology and preparation and fairness mean nothing when you are squaring off with someone who has been having street fights their entiure lives for fun. Hold them all to relatively to the same standards as men for duty police, or they can all shove off, lady soldiers too. Desk and kitchen jobs is where littler, phtsicaly incapable people belong

[orangat]

Canada already does that. And I whole heartedly agree. The location of your reproductive organs isn't a mearure of what you can do.

IIRC Canada does not segregate genders or have separate gender standards for physical tasks during boot camp/training. The result is very few women can actually pass which is to be expected.

In contrast the US military have gender normed standards which have caused controversy. For example the marines found that 45% of female marines could not throw grenades safely beyond the burst radius and so instituted separate testing requirements.
http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/...98donnelly.htm

[mercian billman]

With all this talk about modern warfare not having frontlines, I think it's pointless to argue whether or not women should be allowed on the frontlines, "since their already there." If a woman is willing to enlist in the military then she should have to deploy, just like everyone else.

As far as a woman serving in a infantry battalion, I would say no. Now a lot of people would say that a woman can fire a rifle as well as any man, which is true, but there's so much more to being an infantryman than just being able to fire a weapon. I believe the main reason woman shouldn't be in infantry battalions is because they can't carry the same amount of weight as men on hikes/patrol. An infantryman is expected to carry a combat load of roughly 90lbs. in addition to this your also expected to be able to carry 50lbs of gear and equipment. That alone is 140lbs, this doesn't include light machine guns, grenade launchers, rocket launchers and radios that members of a rifle squad may be required to carry. This also doesn't include the weight of crew served weapons that men in a weapons plt/company are expected to carry, nor does it include the weight of ammunition (which can get very heavy) that needs to be carried in order to use these weapons. As you can see the load of a combat infantry can easily surpass 150lbs. This also doesn't take into account that hikes are done at a fast pace, usually a fast walk or slow jog if your having trouble keeping up and their normally done up and down hills.

I'm sure there's women that are capable of this, but the fact is that they are an extreme minority, so few that it would not be worth the cost to get them there.

[lars573]

IIRC Canada does not segregate genders or have separate gender standards for physical tasks during boot camp/training. The result is very few women can actually pass which is to be expected.

You recall wrongly then. Having almost joined the reserves a fews years back the litterature I was given stated that women did have to do fewer push ups/chin ups, run 10 KM in more time and such. But the times and numbers differences weren't that large. E.G. I as a man would have do say 25 push ups in 10 minutes (this is in no way accurate just a guess), a woman would have to do 20 in the same amount of time. Also our ending of gender segregation is only about 10 year old. Another example of this is that when I was trying to join there were few if any higher ranking enlisted women. My friend who was trying to get myself and brother in said was that the desegregation based on gender had happened so soon that no women had the time (promotion being based on years of service and suitability for the job) to get to the higher enlisted ranks (warrent officer or higher). He said this wa because the artillery regiment I was going to go for was classed as a combat unit. Another thing is that women don't join in great numbers, the military has a bad rep for being sexist. While picking up some forms to fill out to join I saw a platoon of recruits training. Of the 20-30 recruits maybe 8 were women.

Also we don't do boot camp. The Canadian military is more like a highly structured and diseplined construction crew. Our officers salute each other, but enlisted don't. You can smart mouth an officer so long as you call him sir. My friend who was a corporal at the time told an officer cabet, that "Those bars on your shoulders mean you don't got to think. You just delegate and dissapear."

[Duke of Gloucester]

I'm sure there's women that are capable of this, but the fact is that they are an extreme minority, so few that it would not be worth the cost to get them there.

Please explain the extra costs in training capable women. Also, imagine you are a women who meets all the physical standards; is it fair if you are told "you can't join - it's too expensive - we will take this man who scored lower than you in the physical tests"

[orangat]

You recall wrongly then. Having almost joined the reserves a fews years back the litterature I was given stated that women did have to do fewer push ups/chin ups, run 10 KM in more time and such. But the times and numbers differences weren't that large. E.G. I as a man would have do say 25 push ups in 10 minutes (this is in no way accurate just a guess), a woman would have to do 20 in the same amount of time. Also our ending of gender segregation is only about 10 year old. Another example of this is that when I was trying to join there were few if any higher ranking enlisted women. My friend who was trying to get myself and brother in said was that the desegregation based on gender had happened so soon that no women had the time (promotion being based on years of service and suitability for the job) to get to the higher enlisted ranks (warrent officer or higher). He said this wa because the artillery regiment I was going to go for was classed as a combat unit. Another thing is that women don't join in great numbers, the military has a bad rep for being sexist. While picking up some forms to fill out to join I saw a platoon of recruits training. Of the 20-30 recruits maybe 8 were women.
........

My source was Stephanie Gutman's book Kinder Gentler Military which I read few years go.
http://www.traditioninaction.org/bkr...erMilitary.htm

A search on Canada's geder integrated training - http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news9912/np99120i.htm

"Art Hanger, Reform MP for Calgary Northeast, and the official Opposition's defence critic, says this is exactly what has occurred. Through a series of Access to Information requests, Hanger's office has collected documents that show training standards have fallen sharply. In 1984, a fully trained female recruit aged 34 or younger needed to be able to complete 30 sit-ups, while a male recruit was required to complete 33. By 1996, those requirements had dropped to 15 and 19 sit-ups respectively."


If the difference in standards now aren't huge as you say then the pendulum has definitely swung back from the other way.

[lars573]

I may still have the paper work somewhere, but 15 and 19 sounds about right. 25 and 20 were just guesses like I said.

Also if you read anything with the words National post if the title disregard anything it says. It has about as much credibility as the National inquirer.

[orangat]

The NP may be a tabloid rag but the quotes were from Art Hanger the opposition defense critic.

http://www.heretical.com/miscella/frcombat.html
"After extensive research, Canada has found little evidence to support the integration of women into ground units. Of 103 Canadian women who volunteered to joint infantry units, only one graduated the initial training course"

It seems that at one point, Canada had a single recruitment standard regardless of gender. Then I suppose, the affirmative action movement necessitated the use of gender normed aka lower standards to produce a more pc gender ratio.

[lars573]

No the way we trained people changed. We lowered the standards for everyone. We don't do boot camp at all. We don't have military personell who's only job is training. When you join a unit your recruited by that unit and trained by that unit. The people who train you and judge your fitness are the same people who will be working along side you. Most tmes, my experience and knowledge is limited after all. But I've never heard of specific bases for military training beyond the speicalized units. Like the JTC2 (Joint taskforce command 2 our special forces, stupid name I know), armoured regiments, or the RCAF. The theory is that you get some basics in your first few weeks then the rest you pick as OJT.