{"id":9961,"date":"2022-01-20T10:22:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T09:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/?p=9961"},"modified":"2022-01-20T14:12:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T13:12:11","slug":"too-many-women-in-the-wrong-places-norwegian-navy-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/2022\/01\/too-many-women-in-the-wrong-places-norwegian-navy-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Too many women in the wrong places: Norwegian navy edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As women increasingly are hired into traditionally male jobs via affirmative action laws or indirect pressure via media, we see more and more incompetence. This is true whether it is <a href=\"https:\/\/thecritic.co.uk\/did-women-in-academia-cause-wokeness\/\">academia<\/a>, the military or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5EWu-9uYKlw\">the police<\/a>. Here&#8217;s a funny example from Norway a few years ago. The Norwegian navy was recruiting more women and celebrating their great success in their own magazine Forsvarets Forum (Forum of the Defense) in <a href=\"https:\/\/forsvaretsforum.mpublish.no\/02-2017\/mobile\/index.html#p=80\">April 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9962\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-women-nagivators-1024x657.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-women-nagivators-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-women-nagivators-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-women-nagivators-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/more-women-nagivators.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We can read a quote from one female navigator named Emilie Jakobsen Ophus:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8211; Det er en fordel \u00e5 v\u00e6re mange kvinner om bord. Det blir jo med en gang en naturlig greie og et ganske annerledes milj\u00f8, som jeg ser p\u00e5 som positivt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It is an advantage to be many women onboard. It immediately becomes a natural thing and a quite different environment, which I see as positive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She is named a navigator on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HNoMS_Helge_Ingstad_(F313)\">the KNM Helge Ingstad<\/a>, which is, well was, a frigate. You can guess where this is going. The article also mentions that 4 out of 5 navigators onboard are female. Fast forward to only the next year and we see this headline:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9963\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/accident-sunk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1007\" height=\"763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/accident-sunk.png 1007w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/accident-sunk-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/accident-sunk-768x582.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thebarentsobserver.com\/cn\/content\/accident-frigate-knm-helge-ingstad\">You can find many sources about this accident<\/a>, but the story is quite simple. They sailed into a fucking tank ship <a href=\"https:\/\/freewestmedia.com\/2018\/11\/14\/gender-politics-and-knm-helge-ingstad\/\">due to incompetent navigation<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The collision with the <em>KNM Helge Ingstad<\/em> left a big enough hole in the starboard side of the frigate for the warship to take on water. The crew has been forced to abandon the vessel, <em>The Barents Observer<\/em> reported. On Tuesday morning, most of the navy ship was already under water.<\/p>\n<p>The warship, one of Norway\u2019s five top modern frigates, was on her way home to Haakonsvern naval base, but it is still a mystery why the well-equipped warship couldn\u2019t avoid colliding with the 250 meters long oil tanker just north of the oil terminal.<\/p>\n<p>The weather was excellent while the waters in the area offer maritime traffic real-time shipping control. Also, there was radio-contact between the vessels when the accident happened.<\/p>\n<p>The nagging question remains as to why the frigate, with all its radars and sensors, could not change course to avoid the collision.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>An English summary of the events can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navylookout.com\/learning-the-lessons-the-loss-the-norwegian-frigate-helge-ingstad\/\">here<\/a>. Interestingly, the apparently only male navigator on board, the commanding officer, was <strong>asleep<\/strong> when the mistakes were made. The Navy is hiding the names of who were where, so we can only guess at whether everybody involved was a woman, but according to the numbers above, where 4 out of 5 were women, and knowing the CO was asleep, it would appear 100% were female.<\/p>\n<p>From a HBD perspective, this stuff is gruelingly obvious. Not only are women more less interested in these jobs to begin with, but they obviously lack talent compared to men. We know this because spatial ability &#8212; the sine qua non of navigators &#8212; shows a large male advantage even from childhood. The same way men also dominate basically all sports relating to spatial ability, even where physical strength is not an advantage (e.g. race car driving). To quote a random meta-analysis <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007%2Fs10648-012-9215-x\"><em>A Meta-Analysis on Gender Differences in Mental Rotation Ability Measured by the Purdue Spatial Visualization Tests: Visualization of Rotations (PSVT:R)<\/em><\/a> (2013):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the magnitude of gender difference in three-dimensional (3-D) mental rotation ability and to investigate how factors related to test administration conditions play a role in varying gender difference effect sizes and threatening validity. Individuals\u2019 3-D mental rotation ability was measured by the Purdue Spatial Visualization Tests: Visualization of Rotations (PSVT:R). We integrated 70 effect sizes of gender differences in mental rotation ability measured by the PSVT:R<strong> which were obtained from 40 primary studies.<\/strong> The results indicated that male participants outperformed females on the test <strong>(Hedges\u2019 g\u2009=\u20090.57)<\/strong>. The I 2 statistic indicated 41.7 % of variation in effect sizes reflects real heterogeneity. The moderator analysis indicated that male superiority on spatial ability tasks measured by the PSVT:R is related to the implementation of time limits. The gender difference became larger when stringent time limits (equal or less than 30 s per item) were implemented.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can even find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1041608015300182\">a measurement invariance study<\/a> confirming this is not due to bias, though there was never any reason to think so.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also a meta-analysis on navigation ability specifically <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.3758\/s13423-019-01633-6\"><em>A meta-analysis of sex differences in human navigation skills<\/em><\/a> (2019):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div id=\"Abs1-content\" class=\"c-article-section__content\">\n<p>There are inconsistent reports regarding behavioral sex differences in the human navigation literature. This meta-analysis quantifies the overall magnitude of sex differences in large-scale navigation skills in a variety of paradigms and populations, and examines potential moderators, <strong>using 694 effect sizes from 266 studies and a multilevel analytic approach<\/strong>. Overall, male participants outperform female participants, with <strong>a small to medium effect size (<i>d<\/i> = 0.34 to 0.38)<\/strong>. The type of task, the type of dependent variable and the testing environment significantly contribute to variability in effect sizes, although there are only a few situations in which differences are either nonexistent or very large. Pointing and recall tasks (and the deviation scores associated with them) show larger sex differences than distance estimation tasks or learning to criterion. Studies with children younger than 13 years showed much smaller effect sizes (<i>d<\/i> = .15) than older age groups. We discuss the implications of these findings for understanding sex differences in human spatial navigation and identify avenues for future navigation research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In general, we expect a general weakening of the job performance of these jobs since the women hired are obviously subpar due to different standards in hiring. For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politihogskolen.no\/bachelor-politiutdanning\/opptakskrav\/fysiske-tester\/\">Norwegian police physical tests<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bench press:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Krav for kvinner:<\/strong> 4 repetisjoner med 32,5 kg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Krav for menn:<\/strong> 4 repetisjoner med 60 kg<\/p>\n<p>Almost 50% lower!<\/p>\n<p>Running:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Krav for kvinner:<\/strong> 704 meter p\u00e5 seks minutter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Krav for menn:<\/strong> 802 meter p\u00e5 seks minutter<\/p>\n<p>Only 12% lower for the 6 minute run.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am sure the violent criminals &#8212; mostly young men &#8212; will run slower and only use one arm when faced with female cops. What a joke!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KirkegaardEmil\/status\/1214223850243801089\">Last year<\/a>, the US military released their 1000 page report on some trials with women in combat units. The results are what you expect. Some results at distance:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9964\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"869\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military.png 869w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/us-military-768x700.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The samples are too small to care about specific areas, but as we can see, basically all the directions are the same.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, as we live in clown world with no adults in charge, the army is going forward with more women in these roles. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dpinsen\/status\/1482858959044329482\">The women are busy TikTok dancing in the barracks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 592px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-9961-1\" width=\"592\" height=\"1280\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-US-military.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-US-military.mp4\">https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-US-military.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Jurij Fedorov supplies this example:<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kara_Hultgreen\"> first feminist in a fighter jet<\/a>. Well&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Kara S. Hultgreen<\/b><sup id=\"cite_ref-manegold1995_1-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kara_Hultgreen#cite_note-manegold1995-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> (October 5, 1965 \u2013 October 25, 1994) was an American <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Naval aviator\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Naval_aviator\">naval aviator<\/a> who served as a lieutenant in the <a title=\"United States Navy\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Navy\">United States Navy<\/a> and was the first female carrier-based fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy. She died just months after she was certified for combat, when her <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"F-14 Tomcat\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/F-14_Tomcat\">F-14 Tomcat<\/a> crashed into the sea on final approach to <a title=\"USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/USS_Abraham_Lincoln_(CVN-72)\">USS\u00a0<i>Abraham Lincoln<\/i><\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And here&#8217;s another female cop video, can&#8217;t even handcuff 2-vs-1, and this guy is not even strong:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-9961-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/SnapInsta_244947802_274974594497218_5059874137422521085_n.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/SnapInsta_244947802_274974594497218_5059874137422521085_n.mp4\">https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/SnapInsta_244947802_274974594497218_5059874137422521085_n.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As women increasingly are hired into traditionally male jobs via affirmative action laws or indirect pressure via media, we see more and more incompetence. This is true whether it is academia, the military or the police. Here&#8217;s a funny example from Norway a few years ago. The Norwegian navy was recruiting more women and celebrating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":9963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1653],"tags":[2733,1909,2002,3031,1627],"class_list":["post-9961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychology","tag-affirmative-action","tag-feminism","tag-norway","tag-norwegian-navy","tag-women","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9961"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9992,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9961\/revisions\/9992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}