Lord-General Drache
06-07-2005, 05:57
Here's something a bit different from the religious/political debates proliferating here on NS.
So, I was sitting on the bus today, waiting to come home, and some guy sits next to me, taking notice of two female horse mounted police officers. He begins mentioning how women here in the US (he was from Jamaica) are "match sticks", and to paraphrase his long and repetitive diatribe, "can't do shit to men". I mentioned tazers, and female soldiers, and, in his mind, apparently a woman still can't take on a man given a weapon or training. At this point, I was getting rather pissed, but decided to remain polite. He went on to say that women don't respect whatever uniform they put on, or the law, and that he seemed to think all men do.
Now, I've never once thought a woman less capable than a man in any aspect. In fact, my girlfriend is easily the toughest person I've ever met, though she doesn't look it. I know for a fact a woman is just as capable, if not more so, in handling herself in a given situation when compared to a man.
Gah..this is precisely the kind of guy that makes the rest of us guys look horrible.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
So, I was sitting on the bus today, waiting to come home, and some guy sits next to me, taking notice of two female horse mounted police officers. He begins mentioning how women here in the US (he was from Jamaica) are "match sticks", and to paraphrase his long and repetitive diatribe, "can't do shit to men". I mentioned tazers, and female soldiers, and, in his mind, apparently a woman still can't take on a man given a weapon or training. At this point, I was getting rather pissed, but decided to remain polite. He went on to say that women don't respect whatever uniform they put on, or the law, and that he seemed to think all men do.
Now, I've never once thought a woman less capable than a man in any aspect. In fact, my girlfriend is easily the toughest person I've ever met, though she doesn't look it. I know for a fact a woman is just as capable, if not more so, in handling herself in a given situation when compared to a man.
Gah..this is precisely the kind of guy that makes the rest of us guys look horrible.
Discuss amongst yourselves.