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| Why did the Marines fire Kate Germano? Its complicated |
| 2015-07-14 |
| Posted by:frozen al |
| #5 Fascinating, Skid! My take-away from the link is: a) playing video games is good for you b) women's brains are under-developed /me ducks |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-07-14 23:08 |
| #4 SteveS, It is proposed to be a trained, 'hand/eye' coordination activity in which many boys, such as those that join the Marines, have been engaging since childhood. Many can visualize pitching/throwing that pellet downrange to the target. Through studies regarding online and first-person shooter gaming it has been demonstrated that females have equal aptitude given enough time to 'spin-up', but 16 weeks of boot is not sufficient to fixate basal ganglia... Playing an action video game reduces gender differences in spatial cognition
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| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-07-14 20:20 |
| #3 They want equality but separate PT tests (and Olympic events). War is a mean business. IIRC Guinness Book of Records once posted that in all of human history there was only about 200 years of peace in the civilized world (those who keep records). No politician, no judge, no screaming SJW can alter the fact that the enemy wants to kill you and doesn't care about 'rules' or an 'even playing field'. Either you win or they do. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-07-14 19:22 |
| #2 Went through USMC OCS in the early 80s. There were stark differences in the female-male thresholds even in the pre-PC days. Family member who went through about 10 years ago confirmed it has gotten even worse. All you need to know is failure rate of females in the Infantry Officer Course: 100%. It has nothing to do with intelligence or desire. |
| Posted by: genbara 2015-07-14 18:28 |
| #1 FTA: there was a gap between male and female performance on the rifle range This is curious. It is a demonstrable fact that your average man is stronger than your average woman, something that bears strongly (heh) on performance and standards. But why a gap in marksmanship? This is a skill that requires practice, but needs neither speed nor strength. The article attributes it to low expectations, but that's a management problem, something Germano seemed focused on correcting. So, WTF? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-07-14 17:18 |