Female Marines Face Questions of Strength, Combat Readiness — jezebel.com

Female Marines have already begun proving their combat ability with eighty-five women making it through the infantry training course last fall. But doubts still remain about their ability to meet the same standards a men—a question largely of physical strength. The biggest complaint amongst critics of women in the Marines is that female Marines will be held to different standards than their male counterparts. This issue was magnified earlier this year when the pull-up test for female Marines was pushed back after 55% of female recruits were unable able to complete the three required pull-ups at the time.

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