Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   ARE CREATED EQUAL Date:   2/18/2012 10:10:32 AM (updated 2/18/2012 10:12:19 AM)

“I don't necessarily agree with the attributes that your expert lists as characteristics of men and women, because I think it varies wildly by individuals.” 

Please read the statistical precision and confidence statement again.

“By ‘equal’ I do not mean that special standards are set for women, but rather that women are given the opportunity to meet the same standards that might otherwise be set for men.”

I agree to a point. Recognizing that men and women respond differently to danger (threatening stimuli) when in a mixed gender environment, the unequal response would be the converse of “force multiplier.”

I do believe that a woman with a 40mm chain gun is just as dangerous as a man with one. (The one I saw was about 5’ 2” and appeared to be about 100 lbs soaking wet… minus the 40 lbs of body armor.)

From my professional (engineering and science) experience, my women supervisors, peers, and subordinates (except for the one superior who was a “mommy tracker”) were equally proficient in every way.  If you are equally qualified, equally productive, and equally available for work, and NOT a danger to your co-workers... you MUST have equal opportunity.