Female failures…

That would be the  84% of  women who flunk the New Army Combat Fitness Test.  Let me explain why this matters.  If you need to throw a grenade at an enemy position,  do you want a man who can easily get it 80 feet,  or a woman with typical female upper-body strength who can barely get it a third of that distance?  The woman will either fail to reach the objective or have to move so close that she is an easy target and dies in the attempt.   Who do you want to try dragging you off the battlefield?  Who would you prefer to be handling ammo?  Let’s face it  —  the vast majority of American women lack upper-body strength.  They are built a bit differently to allow for childbirth,  and tend to be less muscular.  In my youth, I was an exception –  rather muscular and very athletic.  I could keep up with men,  but not many women can.  The fact that many women have superior endurance doesn’t help all that much in combat.  I look forward to the day when everyone has to pass the same physical tests to achieve the same status.