Re: OT: Firewomen
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 7, 2008, 1:17 |
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On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Peter Collier
<petecollier@...> wrote:
> The test also discriminates against blind people, paraplegics the elderly,
> etc etc. What a bunch of prejudiced bigots those fire fighters are. : J
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> The position requires a certain degree of physical ability. It is a
> practical consideration, the complaints are of no merit, and those making
> them really should stop and think for five minutes!
It depends. If the tests only test what is required for the position,
then you're correct. One does need to make sure that they aren't
testing other things that are only traditionally associated with the
position and male-biased, but I agree that requiring a certain level
of ability is not sexism.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
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