My husband is a career firefighter and we often discuss women in the fire service. He supports them, but I don't think they belong there because part of the job is being able to rescue a fellow firefighter from a burning building which most women can't do given that the gear and air pack weighs close to 70 lbs. I worry about my husband's safety because I know I couldn't haul him across a clean floor in broad daylight so I doubt a 120 lb women wearing 70 lbs of gear can haul a 200 lb man wearing the same gear out of a burning building. Call whatever you want, but that's how I feel.

On a lighter note, I'm an accountant and I vividly remember the head of the business school at the university I attended thinking it was horrid for women to be CPAs. I disagree as there's nothing physically demanding about the job other than long hours. Same for women being doctors, lawyers and the like.