Naval official rejects Mid's appeal

USNA1985
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:09:23 +0000

Too bad he isn’t a she, the 20 seconds wouldn’t have mattered.



True.

However, your comment appears to suggest that women are being held to a “lower standard” and, by implication, that the standard should be equal. However, under that theory, we wouldn’t need to separate men’s and women’s track events in the Olympics. IOW, if men and women were held to the “same” standard in the 1.5 mile run, women would be, by default be held to a much higher standard than their male counterparts.

Bottom line is that physical standards for men & women at USNA and in the USN are intended to reflect the fact that there are physical differences – just as most athletic events involving speed are segregated by gender.