Treating men and women the same is sexist

[Ticktock]

Saw this yesterday.
Policewomen in their hundreds fail fitness tests - Telegraph

In short, PCs are taking fitness test, including shuttle runs, and there are proposals to include strength tests and obstacle courses to simulate their work.
Women PCs are currently twice as likely to fail.

The call is now that the tests are sexist. It doesn't state why, but I presume its because they think there is a likelihood that women have physical differences from men.
Surely, if the job is physically demanding then all candidates in a test should have to meet the same standards?
If being arrested, will people run away more slowly, or struggle less, if the cop is a woman?

[vwdan]

Where did it say sexist, or are you just making that bit up?

[The Spartan]

I'm a believer in that there should be just one standard and that is it, there shouldn't be two benchmarks that separated according to gender.

This particularly annoyed me when I trained recruits especially when it came to the 1.5 mile run the pass mark for males was 10min 30secs or less but for females it was 12min 30secs or less

Obviously there were slight variations on these times according to age than as well so it you were older you got more time.

[minestrone]

There are some exceptionally fat policemen about, especially in train stations, I am guessing that is where they put them when they get fat.

[The Spartan]

There are some exceptionally fat policemen about, especially in train stations, I am guessing that is where they put them when they get fat.

From what I recall all new entrants have to do two years on the beat and after that they can specialise, I'm wondering whether after this point fitness standards go out of the window for a large proportion.

[Ticktock]

Where did it say sexist, or are you just making that bit up?

Oh, sorry - I read "disciminating against women" and "biased against women" and took that to mean sexist. Obviously in the world of not reading articles that counts as making it up.

Almost 70 per cent of those who failed the tests were female officers, which is likely to prompt criticism that the exercises are unfairly biased against women.

critics have warned that such tests could be discriminatory against female candidates

[barrydidit]

There are some exceptionally fat policemen about, especially in train stations, I am guessing that is where they put them when they get fat.

That's because if anyone is making a getaway by train then even the lardiest policeman will be in with a shout of copping them.