It would be a mistake to try to extract a general principle from a single incident. Sure, no doubt, this lady MP is a hero. Come to think of it, it was a female security guard that took down the church shooter in Colorado some time back.

However, I work at a very physical job that requires a lot of heavy lifting (warehouse/distribution). With the need to be competitive, management is always trying to get us to move faster, faster, and faster.

In the last 10 years we have hired maybe 15-20 female employees and only 2 have been able to stick. And those two barely hang on, generally missing the max amount of work each year due to sickness, injury & fmla. I am all for the underdog and try to help them as best I can, but it is just not easy for them. One time we hired a young lady who had been a stellar college athlete--she washed out, could not handle the 8 hours of lifting & moving.

I am all for women's lib, and one of the great developments of my lifetime has been the removal of the bonds that kept females potential under wraps. However, when it comes to physical activity we need to be real.

yeah, let's get real. Just because woman ran our ship yards in WW2, doesn't mean they can actually do that kind of work, right? much less build tanks, planes, and bigass guns. and so this delusional myth you regurgitate was debunked 60+ years ago, yet here you are telling me to get real. comedy.

when I ran landscape crews, hard physically demanding work outdoors in all the elements, I went through 30 men to find one who could do the job. this ratio wasnt remotely the same with woman. it was more like 10-1. they also have a much better work ethic from my experience.

but then there is the mill work I once did. same ratio.

and so, from my experience, i find Rosy the rivoter can do the job you claim I need to get real about. comedy.

'delusional myth?' Hardly--I'm just relating my personal experience. Nothing being 'regurgitated.' Of course, my workplace gives a tiny sample size, so it's entirely possible that it is a statistical anomaly. But doubt it. Who knows though. I am certainly willing to be proven wrong, in fact I hope I am wrong.

Anyway, sounds like you got up on the wrong side of the bed today.

not at all. it gets old listening to the worn out long ago debunked tripe about woman. notice you tucked tail and ran from the facts I cited of WW2 when woman saved our ass doing the jobs you claim they struggle to do today? hint hint hint

i think all females should be drafted until the time they reach the same amount drafted of males, and until the same number of killed, then the males could not say females are being protected at the expense of males...