(CNSNews.com) - The Obama administration is suing the Pennsylvania State Police for requiring both men and women applying for entry-level trooper jobs to pass the same physical fitness tests.
Because more men than women pass the tests, their use is discriminatory and violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Justice Department says.
Because female applicants failed the 2003 physical fitness test and the revised 2009 test at "statistically higher rates than male applicants, female applicants were less likely to proceed through the selection process and thus less likely to be hired as entry-level troopers," DOJ stated in its lawsuit.
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They should increase the standards.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of the day both men and women have to do the same job. If women can't do what men do they have no reason being in that field. The same should hold true for the military.
ReplyDeleteI thought we were all equal?
ReplyDeleteOh C'mon guys...hang a Doughnut or Hot dog at the end of the pull up bar....they will reach that and pass the test
ReplyDeleteIf you can't hack it you can't hack it.
ReplyDeleteIf the test can't be passed, they aren't fit. Don't change the test, change who takes it?
ReplyDeleteJUstice dept. is wrong in this case.
ReplyDeleteThis has nothing to do with physical fitness. This is another step by the Obama owned DOJ to take over the Pa. State Police. We are quickly becoming a police state owned by Obama.
ReplyDeleteThe Border Patrol is now harassing Americans and giving Mexicans free passes.
You idiots that voted for Obama better wake up.