U.S. says Texas police department discriminated against women

Submitted by Broadsword on Thu, 2012-07-05 01:04

Article here. Excerpt:

'A federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday accuses Corpus Christi, Texas of discriminating against female applicants to the city's police department by requiring them to pass a physical test that favored men.

The Justice Department said the female pass rate for the test, which was used between 2005 and 2011, was 80 percent lower than the male pass rate and that it excluded otherwise qualified applicants from consideration for hire as entry-level police officers based solely on their gender.

The test, which included push-ups, sit-ups, and a 300-meter and 1.5-mile run, had identical cut-off scores for men and women. But between 2005 and 2009, only 19 percent of the female applicants who took the test passed it, compared with 63 percent of the male applicants, according to the Justice Department.

It said the disparate results "constitute a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment by women of their rights to equal employment opportunities regardless of their sex."'

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just because you don't like the results of a test doesn't mean you can overturn those results. the fact is, most women are not as strong, not as fast, not as quick, not a even tempered, and are more emotional than men. for some jobs, this won't cut it.

I suggest the Corpus Cristi police department stand by its policy and its test results. Being BULLIED by the Feds into complying with the request to DEGRADE entrance requirements in order to let women in should be an embarassment to everybody in the Great State of Texas.

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Submitted by oregon dad on Tue, 2012-07-10 02:40