How Many Push-Ups Can Elaine Do?
The week's looking up after all . . .
I never miss an opportunity to talk about Elaine Donnelly's latest rant in the news. Today she's upset about women again, and even though we generally focus on LGBT issues here, all of us at SLDN are greatly appreciative of the long history of stellar service to our country by female troops, too. And Elaine's newest insights on women in the services - which centers around their ability to win a push-up contest, apparently - shows just how out of touch with the best interests of our military Ms. Donnelly really is.
According to a (woefully sexist) report in today's Pasadena Star, Donnelly is upset about recent remarks by Democratic presidential candidates supporting women's registration in the Selective Service. Why's she in an uproar? The candidates, you see, had the audacity to suggest that women are equal . . . but Elaine (reportedly a woman herself) knows better.
"The Navy has male trainees do a minimum of 42 push-ups for a minimum score;" she reminds the Star, while "women must do 17."
But it's not just push-ups, people!
"Men (ages 20 to 24) must swim 500 yards in 12 minutes, 15 seconds; women (ages 20 to 24) get 14 minutes to accomplish the same."
Obviously, this inequality of push-ups and backstrokes shows just how unqualified for service American women really are. (insert sarcastic smirk here)
But what I want to know is this: How many push-ups can Elaine do? I'm willing to bet, after carrying around all that guilt over stereotyping people and treating them unfairly, she's built up some pretty impressive muscles. And if she can get past that 17 push-up mark, she just might be able to prove herself wrong.
And if she can't get to 17? She should be damn grateful that the women who can are out there protecting her country and her right to say such absurd and patently ludicrous things.
- Steve RallsLabels: elaine donnelly, in the news
-----08-16-07
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