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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Oh boy.
So because women have a legitimate reason to be afraid of men - that should prevent them from having those types of jobs?
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The logical consequence of the believing
all women have this fear (which is the assertion I'm responding to) is that it would impact their suitability for some jobs. Which is why our grandparents didn't want women to be police officers or serve in the military - to protect them.
It's impossible to simultaneously hold these beliefs: all women are more fearful of being confronted by strangers in the night than men; women are just as well suited as men to jobs that involve being confronted by strangers at might. That's like saying people who are afraid of the water are just as qualified to be lifeguards as people who aren't.
But it seems clear to me that, either by innate disposition or through training, some women
aren't fearful of being confronted by men at night. Or at least any more fearful than most men are. A job that selects candidates on the basis of being able to keep a cool and confident head when confronted by potentially malicious strangers at night will likely have more men than women, but it won't be strictly male.