How can it be discrimination when everyone is required to meet the same (low) standard?  Now don't take this as defending the fat, I doubt she could do 1 pushup, but a standard of 52 push-ups is actually very high. By comparison a 20 year old female in the Army receives a *perfect score *if she can do 42 pushups, while a passing score is 19 pushups. A 20 year old male in the army passes with 42 pushups. Even ignoring sex-adjustments, the lack of which are grounds for the discrimination suit, a mid 40s male (the age of the officers) in the Army passes if he can do 30 pushups which is still a lot less than his standard of 52.