Because that’s the bargain we accept in exchange for rampant stolen valor.
In the real world, women shrink away from virtually all danger.
Women flee war while their men are conscripted to die.
Female cops wait for male police officers to handle the violent criminals.
Women rely on men to fight fires and rescue people.
Women enjoy the cushy office jobs while men build and maintain all of the infrastructure.
So when you watch or play or read some piece of media that features a 50/50 split with women occupying all of these dangerous and heroic roles - which they virtually never occupy in real life - it’s just dishonest and retarded. It’s a false experience that doesn’t map into our observable reality.
We can tolerate this nonsense if and only if the female characters involved are idealized. Are they nice to look at? Are they pleasant to interact with or read? If yes, then maybe we suspend disbelief and try to have some fun. That’s why men don’t object to hot, agreeable Mary Sues.
But the moment these liars are also made to be ugly bitchy feminists, there’s no motivation for us to continue suspending our disbelief. You’re an unrealistic girl boss and butt ugly and an asshole? Gee, where do I sign up?
I did! It was the exact same test. They offered a class to help women to prepare for it: weight train, practice the hard parts. This was soon open to men too, thankfully.
The city police otoh, did "restructure" their tests so women could pass. :/
There were multiple news reports on it, and statements by the fire chief too. The unions had announced they'd NEVER allow the standards to be changed "for the girls" because firefighters have to meet minimum levels of physical capabilities or else people die! There were multiple follow-ups too. Video of the men and women taking the test: side by side. They'd "fireman carry" the same instructor, (up and down a full flight of stairs!) lift the same ladders & so forth.
They used to have a dedicated testing area, but the main "replica building" burned down :/ so they relocated it. Probably by arson.
At around the same time? San Francisco's mayor announced that (iirc, the details may vary) 10 women firefighters would graduate within 2 years. Their fire chief said "Do that and we all quit. Every single one of us." The mayor stfu'd after that... idk if they ever did get women, probably did, but if they did it was through the same standards.
Another story: a man failed the test only because of the ladder-handling part. He complained that the women had training specifically to practice that, but he wasn't allowed to. So they opened the training course to men too & he passed next year EZ.