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DSymnpathy{at}yahoo.comnope says...
> On 25 Mar 2005 19:32:33 GMT, Andre Lieven wrote:
>
> > Dave Symn (DSymnpathy{at}yahoo.comnope) writes:
> >> On 25 Mar 2005 07:50:05 -0800, greg1199{at}yahoo.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> Andre Lieven wrote:
> >>>> "Society" (Society{at}feminism.is.invalid) writes:
> >>>>> Those who need this hint know who they are!
> >>> [...]
> >>>>> "lukne" 
wrote in message
> >>>>>
news:1111636206.671309.208160{at}g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >>> [...]
> >>>> Sure, and we can easily see the same right now. How
> >>>> many media outlets are reporting on the folly of
> >>>> guarding an over 6 foot ex linebacker with a 5 foot
> >>>> grandmother, V/ all the attention given to the female
> >>>> hostage who " calmed " the perp after that start ?
> >>>
> >>> The most ridiculous part was when that cowed ninny gave a press
> >>> conference saying, "Women can do whatever men can do."
> >>
> >> A better and more accurate way to put that might be,
"Women can sometimes
> >> do whatever men can do, except produce sperm, and men can sometimes do
> >> whatever women can do, except give birth" but thats not
very marketable.
> >
> > That'd be nice and PC, but the simple record of " equality
" says that
> > thats not true. Women cannot outplay men in any sport, they cannot outwork
> > men in any physical field of endeavour, so the facts make hash out of this
> > longer form.
> >
>
> some women can outplay some men in some sports, altho it may well be an
> uncommon thing. same thing about the outworking.
>
>
>
> >> In this particular case, the folly was not in the giving the guard duty
> >> to a female, but, giving the guard duty to a small, older, presumably
> >> physically weak person.
> >
> > That the NYFD didn't lower it's working standards, thus they got almost
> > no women firefighters, speaks for itself. Women cannot compete in many,
> > many areas, with men. Its folly and fiction to suggest otherwise.
> >
>
> that doesnt change the fact that Brian Nichols overpowered the guard not
> becuase it was female, but because it was small and weak and old. Same
> kinda man in the same situation, might have gotten his head punched in like
> a beachball, too.
>
> all said and done, if i'm sick and in the hospital, i'd rather have a
> female nurse, than a male one. maybe thats some kinda psychological problem
> on my part, but hey, there it is. On the other hand, if my car is broken, i
> dont go looking for a "gestator". I look for a car repair
shop and lo and
> behold! 99.9999999999999999999999% of them are male owned and operated. The
> one i've been to that was supposedly female owed and operated, had guy
> mechanics in the back doing the work.
>
>
>
You've got about 18 too  many 9's in your data.  According to the
Department of Labor  about 0.6% of auto mechanics are women.   I would
guess that perhaps 1 in 1000 shops is woman-owned.   However, that might
only apply to independent shops.  The ownership of car dealerships,
where most mechanics work,  is another question altogether.  Still
predominantly men among the owners, though.

The shop where I used to take my Subaru for service had one woman
mechanic in the four working there---in addition to the man who
owned the shop.  That probably makes her the only female auto
mechanic in our town of 50,000.

Mark Borgerson


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