Our thanks to Nigel for this. He writes:
“The Army’s drive to have a higher percentage of women means reducing its effectiveness as a fighting force. As with the Police, Fire Services and RAF our safety and security is compromised by the application of “DEI”.
“One infantry PTI, who didn’t wish to be named, told the Express.co.uk: “Fitness standards are horrendous, the army is not prepared to fight. It is actually a joke.”
And why is our Army acting in this way to reduce its effectiveness? Well, until 2019 it had higher standards for men than women, but this is in fact unlawful and so it had to adopt a general standard. “Standards have become standardised regardless of gender but current tests require troops to run 400m less whilst being given an increased amount of time to do it within” and the tests changed to an “assessment” that in practice isn’t enforced. No doubt achieving the goal of recruiting and retaining more women. But at the cost of our safety as our Army becomes less fit.
The fiction that women and men are equally physically capable resulting in the reality that our Armed services are less effective.”
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