British Boobies
The United Kingdom Home Office has found that half of all female applicants can't pass the physical fitness requirements for police officers, compared to just 5 percent of male applicants. Clearly, that's something that needs to be remedied. So the Home Office, along with law enforcement unions, has proposed scrapping standards of speed and agility entirely and easing required levels of strength and endurance. The government claims it can recruit an additional 5,000 women a year under the lower standards. No word on how many additional men can meet these new standards.
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