Navy's Sexist Fitness Policy Exposed: What This Means for Career Women The Royal Navy's decision to bar servicewomen from undertaking physical assessments required for promotion after childbirth has been exposed as sexist in a recent lawsuit.
Petty Officer Emma Upton Webb claimed that the policy denied her the opportunity to progress her career while she was two years post partum.
The Navy's provision of "less onerous fitness requirements" for female sailors returning from maternity leave is well intentioned, but ultimately paternalistic.