Posted on 03/16/2005 3:57:24 PM PST by AZ_Cowboy
well, sure, why not? Takes brains not just muscle to defend yourself, and according to some studies and people, women often "prove" to be more intelligent than men. So, yeah, I do.
I agree with you completely. If you see my profile page, you will see that I am a former police officer and trained cadets in patrol procedures and mechanics of arrest for many years.
That woman should never have been alone with that guy.
well, I could agree with you there. I think men and women should BOTH by treated equal. And, if that means raising the requirements for women, that's fine. But, stereotyping isn't a good way to look at things. For Example..."She's a woman, she isn't strong" or "He's a man, he can't change a dirty diaper"
LOL bump
The scary thing is I don't think she was kidding.
Read later
I don't think women would really want to have to share gender neutral bathrooms with men. Some men don't worry too much about accuracy especially when there aren't enough urinals.
Pretty crappy title, I'll assume she didn't pick it.
That would be true only if you never learned anything as you age.
Another study I've devised involves asking a woman to open a jar of pickles.
As an aside, here's a tip for when even the man of the house can't open that stubborn pickle jar. Even a little old lady with osteoporosis can make this work. Slap a rubber band, preferably a wide one, around the circumference of the pickle jar (or any jar) lid before attempting to open it. Lids that wouldn't budge will open easily.
Gender Neutral Bathrooms... Are coming.... at least the discussion is on it's way....
There was an article yesterday about how transgenders don't know which bathroom to use when they are "between sexes".
I say - "Go before you leave the house and cross your legs until you get home."
But, that's just me.
Ping---great column.
bump for my website: link it!
Why can't there be more women like Ann....
Good point. "With age brings wisdom" (in most cases)
In my opinion, you're right until the last sentence. Then she wrecked it.
She changed the subject entirely and then made a gross misstatement of what happens at airports. Why couldn't she have stopped one sentence earlier without making a statement she could be ridiculed over?
Ok... more eye protection,but less clothing, it's hot at the range.... ;-)
The trouble is, we are often asked to account for disparities in ability. For example, Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard was asked to comment on why there aren't more women getting degrees in math and sciences. He suggested that maybe women aren't as good at math and science as men. BAM! He is now about to lose his job.
And there is absolutely no way to get liberals to debate this rationally -- because they know they will lose.
well, everyone is different physically and mentally, so i dont think any scientist or professor can absolutely prove anything as far as that goes.
In the following paragraphs I'm going to share a first hand experience of the problems with female officers in confrontational situations. It is long, but very supportive of this situation - and I will cite facts.
In February of 1994, I was the manager of a campus bar at the University of Illinois (Cochrane's for all you alum). Just before midnight on that night, a pushy and shoving match started on the dance floor. The situation erupted into an all out brawl with more than 15 men going at it. My staff of bouncers, including soon-to-be NFL players Kevin Hardy and Ken Dilger, got to the dance floor and spent several minutes breaking apart the men.
It took a lot of work and a few choice blows to finally regain control of the situation. At this point, three Champaign (IL) police officers showed up, two male and one female. The officers then ordered my staff to release the men (all 15 of them). The male officers grabbed two of the most violent - there were many of the suspects who were actively struggling to get free. The female cop then came up to a third struggling black male who was about 6'2" and had to weigh at least 220lbs. She demanded that my bouncer release the man. My bouncer told her that he was still fighting and that he will attack another patron if he let's go. Again the officer ordered my bouncer to let go, which he did.
The female officer then pulled out her hand-cuffs and began to cuff the suspect. The man then flung her to the floor and kicked her in the face - with a few choice words. The man, who was subdued by my staff - now went after one of the other fighters and the entire place erupted again. Our staff rushed back into the situation to help the officer. Meanwhile, the male officers saw the female officer was down and bleeding and immediately pepper sprayed the entire dance floor, including our bouncers.
This caused all of the bouncers to let go of all of the brawlers that they had just subdued and a hgue brawl erupted yet again. The two male officers went for the female officer and escorted her to safety outside of hte building - leaving the rest of us blinded by the spray and in the midst of an all out brawl. After two or three minutes, the officer returned with 6-8 additional male officers and began to beat down everyone in the melee, the fighters as well as those of us who were trying to resolve the situation.
Eventually, we were able to get all of the fighters outside of the bar where there were additional officers including female officers. Again, two of the female officers attempted to corral two separate suspects and were thrown to the ground and the suspects escaped.
The bottom line: We had gotten control of the situation, then a female police officer decided that she could handle a much larger and violent man. Maybe she needed to prove something to the other officers or maybe she thought criminals would have respect for a woman, or the badge. Regardless, her actions caused several of my men to be injured and all of my staff and many patrons to be pepper sprayed. The male officers then left a situation to assure her safety, then came back with excessive force against everyone in the vicinity - obviously being protective of their female counterpart.
Conclusion: Women, while probably more capable of talking to suspects who have respect for the law or for women in general, are not right for police work. They can be overpowered by even smaller men AND they create an emotional response from other officers. The male officers may tease their femal counterparts, but they will also go beyond the norms to protect and avenge them - creating many problems and potential abuses.
Not to mention killings in a courtroom.
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