article_snippet.sent: Surveys find that men in U.S. special operations forces do not believe women can meet the physical and mental demands of women commando jobs, and women fear the Pentagon the Pentagon will lower standards to integrate women into women elite units, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Associated Press.
article_snippet.sent: Studies that surveyed personnel found 'major misconceptions' within special operations about whether women should be brought into the male-only jobs.
article_snippet.sent: Surveys find that men in U.S. special operations forces do not think women can meet the physical and mental demands of women commando jobs .
article_snippet.sent: Second best: Male special op combat troops fear the Pentagon the Pentagon will lower standards to integrate women into women elite units .
article_snippet.sent: Some of those concerns were not limited to men, researchers found, but also were found among women in special operations jobs.
article_snippet.sent: One survey, by RAND Corp., reflected doubts that women could meet the overall job demands, found concerns that sexual harassment or assault could increase, and cited worries about 'unequal treatment' of special operations candidates and personnel.
article_snippet.sent: Andy Hamilton, who works with Bland and has expertise on this issue, noted that women in special operations jobs had concerns, too, about the broader integration. '
article_snippet.sent: women in special operations jobs had concerns, too, about the broader integration're concerned that this might result in the lowering of the standards in what are currently our male-only occupations, and that would then reflect on either women in special operations jobs had concerns, too, about the broader integration or on the women who come into those occupations,' said Hamilton.
article_snippet.sent: Special operations command leaders have made it clear that genuine concerns exist about incorporating women into some jobs.
highlights_snippet.sent: Men in U.S. special operations forces  fear the Pentagon will lower standards to integrate women into women elite units .
  