Not only what the previous comments said, but corporations used that to pass through “tort reform” effectively capping the amount of damages someone can claim. I really recommend watching the documentary Hot Coffee.

Hey asshole:

Don’t repeat corporate propaganda without Googling first. Liebeck originally asked for $20k to cover medical expenses (her 3rd degree burns required skin grafts) and loss of income. When McDonalds refused to settle they went to trial. The jury was so horrified by the willful and gross negligence that they awarded her…

If you’re going to reference a specific case, you might want to actually read up on and understand that case first.

Not to waylay the point however, the case of the coffee is a lot different than you think it was. That coffee case involved 3rd burns in the groin and thigh area from the coffee being far too hot, skin grafts and on top of that, she was the passenger in a car that was parked when she spilled it. The family just wanted…

She was awarded for her medical bills, that coffee was well into dangerous temperatures and caused third degree burns on 6% (eta actually it may have been 16%) of her body. It almost killed her. She was in the hospital for 8 days and needed skin grafts. She originally asked for her medical bills but they refused.

Honestly this type of training should be a thing, but the process of them joining the spec ops unit will actually do a lot of this work for them. Once these guys go through the training with a few women, witness them endure the brutal training, and meet those standards with flying colors they will have soldiers on…

I tried to explain to someone that *I* am not getting in, because I would never pass the physical fitness test. But if I were, say, Brienne of Tarth, my lady parts shouldn't exclude me from doing a job I am physically capable of doing.

What is the “safety net” to which you are referring?

It’s horrifying, but when regular jobs integrated there was probably about the same level of dissaproval. Our grandmothers had to deal with a lot for us to have even the low level passive sexism we deal with today.

You mean like the jerkwads filming women on the submarine?

I just wanted to say: I can’t hold my wee-wee and I need to go boom boom.

Not that I don’t believe you, but is there any actual unbiased, quatifiable data showing that standards were lowered to accept more female recruits? If there is, I’d love to read it.

As a former writer who covered MMA, I’ve seen many amazingly strong women. (Stronger than me and a lot of men.) These women training with 250lb. heavyweights, full on sparring. They can best them just like a man can. This explicitly illustrates women most certainly have what it takes for the most physical of jobs or…

“As for the concerns regarding mental toughness and possible romantic entanglements: fuck off, entitled gross dudes.”

As I was reading this article I turned to my coworker, exasperated, and ranted about the exact same thing. How about you guys just choose not to be assholes and cheat on your wives or sexually harass…

I can understand somewhat the initial concern about physical strength but this is negated by the mandatory requirements. Aka if she can meet the physical strength required, then she has every right to be there.

Muhammad Ali is incredibly articulate, too. Especially considering he has to move his dribble cup out of the way first.

He already has to haul Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes, and you want to make him take on the heavy lifting of American social discourse, too?

Because he’s an athlete. Why are you creating a false narrative that this insightful comment is somehow politically incorrect? Did you read his passage in the aforementioned column? It was brilliant. The question was, why do people not talk about Kareem the scholar? And your idiotic and inane response was, why is…

Because the athletes that get politically involved tend to be more like Curt Schilling and less like an actual human with a brain. I know what you were thinking there, but you were also entirely misreading that comment. The OP is saying he’s astonishingly well-read, as in much more well read than pretty much anyone.…