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"Baizuo is a Chinese neologism and political epithet used to refer to Western leftist ideologies primarily espoused by white people." Any Chinese person or Sinophile who can give some more depth to what this means?
first result on google images gave me this: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZzv5O6UYAA4cb6.jpg (I'm not Chinese nor do i speak it)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Baizuo is a Chinese neologism and political epithet used to refer to Western leftist ideologies primarily espoused by white people." Any Chinese person or Sinophile who can give some more depth to what this means?
first result on google images gave me this: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EZzv5O6UYAA4cb6.jpg (I'm not Chinese nor do i speak it)
China has a word for laughing at western society about all this. Baizuo.
The difficulty with designing this test is many. The test cannot reduce combat readiness of your forces so the minimum requirements do need to actually reflect the minimum requirements of being combat ready. Another pain point is that women on average are quite a bit weaker than men, and that gap is widened when everyone is participating in physical fitness activities. Both of these factors probably compound into making the ACFT extremely difficult to pass for the average female service member.
For the old APFT there was an army-wide standard of a minimum passing score of 180 (max 300) in 3 events, with a required minimum 60 point score in each event. The points are weighted by age and gender. Some jobs in the Army had much higher requirements than the baseline to reflect the increased physicality of the job.
If the new ACFT wants to aim for gender neutral baseline score, it'll probably have to be pretty low and the pass rate for men will probably be extremely high. Perhaps they just need to apply different requirements for different jobs to ensure that combat readiness isn't sacrificed.
> The test includes six events - a maximum deadlift, a standing power throw, hand-release push-ups, a sprint, drag and carry, leg tuck, and a two-mile run. Those taking it must score at least 360 points out of a possible 600, and those who achieve higher scores are more likely to be promoted. Just a dumb RPG comment but it seems to be weighted toward STR more than DEX or END. Even a 2-mile run seems suspiciously meh…
Beyond that, if they're designing it around requirements for combat roles, of which the physicality of it isn't just a matter of kudos points but of survival, it will almost definitely result in a test that disqualifies most women.
> The US army is considering scrapping its new gender neutral fitness test because women have been failing in much larger numbers than men. > Research showed that the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), which is the same for male and female soldiers, was leading to lower results for women with a knock-on effect for promotions. > An early Pentagon study showed women were failing the ACFT at a rate of 65 per cent, compare…
> The test includes six events - a maximum deadlift, a standing power throw, hand-release push-ups, a sprint, drag and carry, leg tuck, and a two-mile run. Those taking it must score at least 360 points out of a possible 600, and those who achieve higher scores are more likely to be promoted. Just a dumb RPG comment but it seems to be weighted toward STR more than DEX or END. Even a 2-mile run seems suspiciously meh…
I'm not entirely sure what you mean by knee-jerk design by frightened men. The army has been in the process of trying to replace the APFT for over a decade and no response in the army could be seen as a knee-jerk response; most changes in the military happen at a snail's pace. Beyond that, if they're designing it around requirements for combat roles, of which the physicality of it isn't just a matter of kudos points…
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"Baizuo is a Chinese neologism and political epithet used to refer to Western leftist ideologies primarily espoused by white people." Any Chinese person or Sinophile who can give some more depth to what this means?
Sounds like equivalent of "libtard"
The ACFT aims to be gender neutral which is a reflection of changes both in Army's policy of allowing women to serve in direct combat roles (which used to be men-only jobs) along with transgendered members being allowed to openly serve or trans people being allowed to enlist. The difficulty with designing this test is many. The test cannot reduce combat readiness of your forces so the minimum requirements do need to…
I read on Quora, that the real problem with men and women fighting together, that if both a man and the woman is caught as hostage, a man can't see a woman from his team suffering, and gives up the secrets much easier.