Potter wrote: ↑Tue Oct 03, 2023 2:54 am
Noggin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:06 pm
David wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 9:00 pm
Dangerous ground Potter....duck behind the barricades and wait for the shit to hit the round whirly thing.....
I agree with him. I'd have written it more like this -
Passing a normal fitness test is the minimum requirement.
If anyone can’t pass then they shouldn’t be allowed to do the job
Which would have been fine, if her whole argument wasn't - "I'm a woman, so I should be treated differently and given an easier test".
There were women that sacrificed their lives in the pursuit of equality and because of this my two daughters have the chance to take the same test on an equal footing for the same pay and job, and pass if they're good enough, but now this woman wants to take the whole thing ten steps backwards.
TBF, again, I don't disagree with what you write. Not at all. I dislike women who play on being female to get benefits/help/advantages. Simple things like turning up at a TD and asking someone to watch me back the bike out of the van in case it wobbles as on a ramp, if it starts to go, most people couldn't rescue it!! Rather than turning up and doing the "I'm a feak and weeble female pweeeeeeese could someone wonderful get my bike out for me".
I guess that on here I would write differently just cos people are reactive!!
But please don't think I don't agree. I've stepped back in time 20-30 years by living where I do. I was one of the first generations to really have the chance to do the jobs/sports we wanted to (after the WWs - women did all work during those, but were sent back to the kitchen after), albeit with raised eyebrows and disgruntled males in some places. In France, I raise eyebrows by moving here alone, living alone, by riding a bike, by setting up a business (even if I did kill it
).
So I have seen some of the less final battles that have been fought, and benefitted.