Firefighting has been a male profession for quite some time now but recently, in the last century or so, females have joined men in the fight against fire. There are pros and cons for women who want to make a difference like lack of muscle and weight needed, to just wanting to help people and saving lives. Since people tend to be sexiest towards women in a predominately male field, people believe that they are a nuisance on a job site and will just get in the way. I personally don't see the big deal about this. If they want to help save lives and be there for another fellow human being. Women in this particular profession would have some slight disadvantages like, Fire Departments have started to require you weigh a certain amount along with a given amount of muscle. My opinion is that if they want to help out, there is a different job they could do. People might call it sexist to think that women shouldn't be able to work as a firefighters but they are wrong, facts don't lie and if they don't have the amount of muscle to keep up with firemen tha they are just slowing every one down, they're are just endangering themselves along with others working along side them.
Please feel free to comment your thoughts. I.S.
Interesting topic to discuss. However I must say, I believe a woman can handle any job a man could. We all have different interests, and different careers we want to pursue. I believe whatever you put your mind to, you can accomplish. I also believe a woman can out do a man in any job. :)
ReplyDeleteBut i'm sure women firefighters have some advantages over men for example some petite women could fit in places some fat dudes couldn't.
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