一群民权组织起诉国防部，要求公开其在军队十年前向女性开放战斗岗位后，决定研究女性“效能”在战斗角色中的相关记录。
A group of civil rights organizations sued the Defense Department for records behind its decision to study women’s “effectiveness” in combat roles a decade after the military opened those positions to women.
该诉讼由美国公民自由联盟（ACLU）及另外两个组织共同提交，要求联邦法院强制执行他们获取有关为何五角大楼委托该研究的信息。
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, or ACLU, alongside two other groups, asks a federal court to enforce their request for information about why the Pentagon commissioned the study.
在一份声明中，ACLU妇女权利项目高级顾问吉利安·托马斯认为，国防部长皮特·赫格塞思“反复且无证据地质疑女性在陆地战斗中的服役能力”，旨在通过研究来验证其“有偏见”的观点。
In a statement, Gillian Thomas, senior counsel for the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project, argued that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has “repeatedly, without evidence, questioned women’s ability to serve in ground combat,” aims to deliver research to validate his “biased” views.
她表示：“如今，他未作任何解释就委托了一项关于女性表现的研究，并将其交给一位曾批评女性战斗准备情况的研究者。”她补充道：“公众有权知道原因，以及他计划如何利用研究结果。”1月，国防部委托了一家名为国防分析研究所（Institute for Defense Analyses）的非营利研究机构——该机构主要由联邦政府资助——对该主题进行为期六个月的研究。
“Now, without explanation, he has commissioned a study of women’s performance and assigned it to a researcher with a record of criticizing women’s combat readiness,” she said. “The public has a right to know why, and what he plans to do with the results.”In January, the Defense Department commissioned a non-profit research group called the Institute for Defense Analyses, which is largely funded by the federal government, to study the topic for six months.
然而，根据诉讼内容，该研究于2026年4月被重新分配给约翰霍普金斯大学应用物理实验室（JHU/APL），该实验室的首席研究员简·皮内利斯曾在2015年为海军陆战队撰写一项研究，发现“混合性别单位存在负面影响”。
However, according to the lawsuit, the study was reassigned to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, or JHU/APL, in April 2026, where the lead researcher, Jane Pinelis, authored a 2015 study for the Marine Corps that found “negative effects of mixed-gender units.”
诉讼进一步指出，该2015年研究“因设计存在缺陷和分析存在偏见而受到广泛批评”。这些批评者——包括当时的海军部长——认为该研究试图证明男性比女性更强，而非建立最低标准并观察谁能达到这些标准。
The lawsuit adds that the 2015 study “was widely criticized for its flawed design and biased analysis.”Those critics, including the Navy Secretary at the time, described it as attempting to show that men are stronger than women rather than establish minimum standards and see who could meet them.
此外，《战争马》报道称，赫格塞思在其著作《 Warriors 的战争》中严重依赖该研究，以支持其主张：女性不应服役于战斗岗位。
Additionally, The War Horse reported that Hegseth relied heavily on that study to support his argument that women shouldn’t serve in combat roles in his book The War on Warriors.
他写道：“爸爸们鼓励我们冒险。妈妈们给我们的自行车装上辅助轮。”他写道：“我们需要妈妈。但不是在军队里，尤其是在战斗部队。”在2024年11月的Sean Ryan播客采访中，赫格塞斯明确表达了他对这一问题的看法：“我直白地说，我们不应该让女性担任战斗角色。”虽然他后来在女性参战问题上的言论有所缓和，但批评者称他仍在以军事标准的名义推动这一议程。
“Dads push us to take risks. Moms put the training wheels on our bikes,” he wrote in the book. “We need moms. But not in the military, especially in combat units.”In a November 2024 interview on the Sean Ryan Podcast, Hegseth shared his explicit view on the issue: “I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles.”Although he has since softened his rhetoric on women in combat, critics say he continues to push the agenda under the guise of military standards.
根据诉讼内容，美国公民自由联盟、全国妇女法律中心和妇女军人行动网络要求国防部提供有关该研究的范围、目的、方法和预期用途的记录。
According to the lawsuit, the ACLU, the National Women’s Law Center and the Service Women’s Action Network want Defense Department records showing the scope, purpose, methodology and anticipated use of the study.