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Originally Posted by LucyG
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.
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I agree with you that if a person can't fulfill the physical demands of a job, they shouldn't have it. What about a laborer job where a person has to haul 100+ lbs per day? If a person can't do it, they shouldn't have the job.
That said, I agree with you on the rest of it. A lot of jobs in male-dominated fields which don't require physical strength rely on intellect, the drive to succeed, ambition, and problem-solving. I think if a woman's able to possess those qualities she should go for it.