MomNewToThis
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Is it belittling to women if we say that men are generally taller than women, larger, or stronger? What if we acknowledge that some women are in fact taller or stronger than some men? Would it be belittling to men if someone said that there are many things which women have physical or other advantages over men? Why is it that we have a group of thoughtful and intelligent people on these forums, who all have a similar interest, but we have to be grossly careful and sensitive about saying something which, although it may be accurate, may strike someone else as offensive; particularly if it is inconsistent with the current measure for political correctness?
The statement of yours that I took issue with was that FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE ADMITTED WITH LOWER SCORES THAN MALE CANDIDATES. In your own words - "What I question are situations where a candidate is admitted with an inferior résumé, as compared to others who have far better resumes, but get rejections due to the fact that they are the less desired race or gender." You clearly state in many of your posts that women and minorities are usually admitted over more qualified white males.
Also, in response to your assertion that "The academies have acknowledged that there is a current drive to immediately increase percentages of women and minorities at the academies. But if someone says that will neccesarily decrease the number of non minority men, a FACT which is irrefutable and mathmatical, and a fact which neccesarily means that a non minority male needs to be better than he would have had to be before, we are sexist or offensive." - how does this relate to lower entrance standards? Could it be that increasing percentages of women and minorities actually raises standards across the board? So, the white male has to be better than before, because there is more competition?
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