That this is a good example of the difference in the genders

[walkswithmydog]

en.mogaznews.com/World-News/915265/First-woman-to-join-infantry-regiment-quits-after-two-weeks.html

Doesn't this just show that there is no such thing as gender neutrality, there never has been and never will. Women aren't suited to certain roles, and vice versa.

There is a slight difference in physical capabilities, if you had two people of the opposite sex, at their peak, pitted against each other
I'd say a lot more than slight, in regard to physical strength.

I wouldn't disagree that physically there are differences, with your average man being faster and stronger than your average woman

But that doesn't mean that all women are unsuited for certain jobs amd tasks

Slight difference?

The fitness test for the Army requires a man aged 45 to 50 to run a 1.5 mile course a minute quicker then a woman aged 18 to 30. That's not a slight difference. Evenly aged a man has to be 3 minutes faster.

I am just under 40 and there is one woman that is faster than me in our Bn that's one out of 11 women and I am by no means above average fitness among the blokes.

I'm sure women will serve in the Inf and they'll do well but lets not pretend that they'll be physically capable of what men are.

a) individual women may still be stronger than individual men

b) in a lot of the jobs mentioned by the OP (who no longer appears to be with us) greater strength can be offset by persistence and technique. As mentioned above, I used to work in a pickaxe-swinging, wheelbarrow-pushing job and I am not only a moderately sized women but have a genetic condition that affects the strength of my arm and hand joints. I found I could keep up with the men around me by thinking strategically and using the stronger parts of my body to compensate. I could just as well have done that as a roadworker or fisherman or most of the other jobs she mentioned, though I personally would not have been fit enough for the Army. But then neither would dh.

c) I seriously doubt whether most of the jobs the OP mentioned require more physical input than the caring jobs traditionally done by women. Lifting a 16 stone uncooperative man is harder work than pushing a barrow full of rubble. Actually, lifting a 10 stone teenager is harder work than pushing a barrow full of rubble. I know because I happen to have done both.

Sorry this has bugged me since the beginning of the thread

parade.com/544561/rachelweingarten/alaskas-female-fishermen-yes-thats-really-a-thing-on-gender-labels-finding-zen-and-weathering-lifes-storms/

And as a bonus

ich.unesco.org/en/RL/culture-of-jeju-haenyeo-women-divers-01068

And go to places like Nepal and you will see the men sitting back and the women doing all the hard labour.

Women do what needs to be done.

And related to that there are also these women:
www.google.com/amp/www.100daysinappalachia.com/2017/02/27/miner-matriarch-coal-mining-women-west-virginia/amp/