Paycheck Fairness Act

[EmilyKing]

(06-05-2012 11:44 AM)exOBCstudent Wrote:  

(06-05-2012 11:35 AM)EmilyKing Wrote:  I believe that if woman want equality, it should truly be equal. I don't even think there should be separate physical fitness requirements for genders joining the military. Allowing women to not live up to the same standard is not equal. If someone wants into a job, they should be required to perform to the same degree, regardless of gender. If one person has an output of 8 and the other outputs a 10, the person who outputs a 10 should be allowed to get a larger paycheck.

I think you're going to have issues with that though unless you change the PT events to more "neutral" events that would be just as difficult for either of the sexes. We just did an APFT this last weekend and I can assure you ALL of the females had MUCH difficulty cranking out a decent amount of pushups for their minimum which would be fairly easy for the males to attain.

You'd have to lower the male standard or raise the female standard which clearly gives males an advantage (most cases) either way. You're correct though in that the military standards aren't technically "equal".

I had the bright idea of becoming a PTL, meaning I take turns with other people running remedial PT for those who don't meet the standards. It makes me want to bang my head against a wall sometimes. I wouldn't mind the female standard being raised, even if it meant fewer females. Of course, some of the people who've been in the AF for many years came in under much different guidelines than are now required.

When I got SrA six months early, some of my peers said that it was because of my gender, even though I'd worked hard for it. At the same time, I can see why they'd say that, because I have seen females that think they are more 'entitled' and try to play their gender in their favor. Luckily, I'm in a maintenance squadron with very few women, so I don't have to deal with it as often as others.