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> You don't need to be a strong manly man to drive a fire truck … It helps if you’re going to be doing literally anything other than just driving the apparatus

> You don't need to be a strong manly man to drive a fire truck … It helps if you’re going to be doing literally anything other than just driving the apparatus. Also, why should men be relegated to the most dangerous jobs, just so that we can fill a female hiring quota by giving women the safer, less demanding jobs? > … nor to use hoses. You absolutely need to be built to man a firehose. It takes your full weight and strength to keep control of a hose with the diameters and pressures used in firefighting. With a 2.5”+ hose, it can take two full-grown men to keep control of the line with the nozzle open, especially when advancing. Nevermind hauling a charged line into a building, up stairs, etc. The weight alone is tremendous. > I mean, somehow women are strong enough to be lifting patients in a nursing home Male staffers are generally asked to do the lifting, and sometimes medical services literally call in the fire department for a lift assist. > … but not helping folks out in a fire? The structure gear alone weighs about 70 pounds. By the time you find someone in a building, you’ve been using a heavy tools, in the heat, to sound floors and search rooms rapidly in the most exhausting way possible. It’s so much more difficult than just lifting someone without all the gear on. There’s also forced entry into doors, etc, which benefits substantially from weight, leverage, and upper body strength. > I doubt this. Only because you know nothing about firefighting.

BigJ1211 4y ago
The same is true for military standards, and potentially some police forces (SWAT). Of course this should have nothing to do with a board position. Perhaps women would actually excel in board positions as those mostly have to do with building/having social networks, something women certainly seem to be better at than men on average. Most of it is going to be speculation until we see larger numbers and can compare boards with women to boards without (and even boards with only women). It's tough to say, as the 'old boys club' seems to be dying out regardless.

BigJ1211 4y ago

The same is true for military standards, and potentially some police forces (SWAT). Of course this should have nothing to do with a board position. Perhaps women would actually excel in board positions as those mostly have to do with building/having social networks, something women certainly seem to be better at than men on average. Most of it is going to be speculation until we see larger numbers and can compare boards with women to boards without (and even boards with only women). It's tough to say, as the 'old boys club' seems to be dying out regardless.