From: "Joseph Meehan" 

Lady Carrigaholt wrote:
> CE wrote:
>
>> On Mar 28, 9:24 am, "CE"  wrote:
>>> On Mar 28, 8:43 am, "Joseph Meehan"

>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>     Are you just a Troll or do you really believe that 1950 stuff?
>>>
>>> What 1950s' stuff? This is the way it is in 2007.
>>
>> Here are just two facts for you. According to the United States Fire
>> Association, there were an estimated 1,136,650 firefighters in the
>> United States in 2005 (career: 313,300, volunteer: 823,350).
>> According to a web site for women in firefighting services, there
>> are about 6,200 women currently work as full-time, career
>> firefighters and officers in the United States and another 40,000
>> women estimated to be volunteer firefighters in that country.
>>
>> That means that even as recently as 2005, less than five percent of
>> all firefighters were women. Among career firefighters, the
>> percentage is even lower, with less than two percent of career
>> firefighters in the United States being women.
>>
>> Given these statistics, is it really an outdated notion to consider
>> men as protectors of women and children when it comes to fighting
>> fires?
>
> When I was in medical school, 20 out of 200 students in my class were
> women.

    When I was in pre-med it was about 40% women (back in the 60's)

> The last graduating class from the same school had over 50% women
> graduates.
> Things change, perhaps even with firefighters eventually.

--
Joseph Meehan

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