Originally posted by weaselsan
A point of fact you will never hear on the news, of the 300 plus firefighters killed at the World Trade Center none were female.
For the simple reason that they had to carry equipment up 70 flights of stairs. When the s**t hits the fan you need men.
Sorry but I dont think 'you need men' is accurate.
Ive met women who could've whipped my sorry bellybutton BAD with little effort.
There be strong girls out there man.
I think a certain standard should be made... like be able to lift a certain weight and/or hit with certain force along with endurance tests.
The last thing id want, as someone else already put it, is to find myself as a civilian in a dangerous situation and seeing that the person who'se job is to save me be a scrawny, wimpy guy/girl that my arthritic 98 year old grandma could woop with her walking stick.