Gender Neutral Fitness Testing

Abstract

In 2006, the New Zealand Government began the first reading to formally rescind the policy within the New Zealand Human Rights Women in Armed Forces Amendment Bill(New Zealand Parliament, 2006) exempting females from serving in combat roles within the New Zealand Defence Force. This was required to alleviate discrimination against women and further reinforce one of the main principles of this Bill: equality. Although females and males do not have the same physiological make up, female soldiers should have the same physical fitness testing standards as their male counterparts, ultimately, physical expectations of female soldiers are the same in all workplace situations and this would demonstrate equality between the sexes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 2011
Accession Number
AD1116164

Entities

People

  • Daung Robinson
  • P. Topper

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Army
  • Department Of Defense
  • Design Criteria
  • Discrimination
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Rights
  • Law
  • Light Armored Vehicles
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Standards
  • New Zealand
  • Physical Fitness
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • Vehicles
  • Warfare

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  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.