RR:  The standard is not to see how much you can lift.  The standard is you must be able to lift X pounds.  Some men cannot do it and do not meet the standard.  Some women can and do meet the standard.  Regarding fighting ability take a look at the military and see how many women are in the front lines as a trigger puller.  Not as many as men but there are some.  All meet the same standard.  Special treatment based on gender, ethnicity, race etc only dilutes the accomplishments of those minorities.  The standards need to be the same and they are in the military and the police academies.  There was no quota of women in the academy, doofus.  But you already know that.  How many women applied?  How many did not meet the standard?  That only one graduated is irrelevant without knowing the answers to these questions.