By Jonathan F. Keiler
The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals recently rejected a claim of sex discrimination by a male FBI trainee who was kicked out of the Quantico, Virginia academy for his inability to do 30 pushups. Jay J. Bauer sued the FBI under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, claiming that the requirement was discriminatory because female trainees are required to complete only 14 pushups. The court held that Title VII does not require that male and female trainees be held to the same standards. This is due to physiological differences between the sexes. Who knew? The court said that the requirement “imposed an equal burden of compliance on both men and women, requiring the same level of physical fitness in each.”
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