Congresswoman calls for more women who are dummies

[George K]

https://dailycaller.com/2021/06/01/eleanor-holmes-norton-legislation-gender-equality-car-crash-dummies/

[Klaus]

Well, I've heard stupider "gender equality" proposals. If there are anatomical differences that are potentially relevant for car safety tests, then of course one should test with both male and female test dummies.

[George K]

@klaus said in Congresswoman calls for more women who are dummies:

I've heard stupider "gender equality" proposals.

Haven't we all? But I don't think accounting for anatomic differences between men and women was this legislator's motivation.

[Doctor Phibes]

Whatever her motivation may or may not be, this sounds like quite a good idea to me to be honest, particularly considering the death statistics.

Don't they already test using child models in passenger seats? They certainly ought to.

[Jolly]

Is it just me or did anybody else notice the female crash dummy in the picture above the article?

[Doctor Phibes]

@jolly said in Congresswoman calls for more women who are dummies:

Is it just me or did anybody else notice the female crash dummy in the picture above the article?

You're right

The article says there are female crash test dummies, but presumably the test Standards or legislation don't require their use, which is a bad idea - in my experience if you don't put a requirement into a Standard then it's just an opportunity for people to argue with the results when they fail.

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Congresswoman calls for more women who are dummies:

@klaus said in Congresswoman calls for more women who are dummies:

I've heard stupider "gender equality" proposals.

Haven't we all? But I don't think accounting for anatomic differences between men and women was this legislator's motivation.

I don't know what her motivation was. Do you?

She's at least implicitly acknowledging the reality of biological differences between men and women. If she were motivated by "wokeness", she'd argue for non-binary and transgender dummies

[George K]

You guys are no fun at all.

“More important than differences in average height between males and females, there are also biological differences in anatomy, such as average neck strength and posture, that affect how female and male bodies react in a crash,” Norton’s office said in a statement.

I would love to hear the congresswoman's congressperson's stance on military training.

[Jolly]

I expect it's a wide stance.

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Congresswoman calls for more women who are dummies:

You guys are no fun at all.

That's because Safety is my middle name.

My parents were such bastards.