Ravi
Diamond Member
Anyone...male or female...deserves all the kudos imaginable for doing what this police officer did.You cannot "train" courage..man or woman. Men are expected to react bravely..women are still modeled to be complient to a large degree. I think she should be presented a presidential medal for bravery.
I'm not disagreeing that it was courageous. But if women want to be treated as "equals", then they should be treated as equals. If a man wouldn't have gotten recognition for it, a woman shouldn't either.
Women in combat - should they get medals doing the same thing that the men do and don't get medals for? What they were trained to do? What they are expected to do as part of their job?
Women go through worse than a bullet wound and get no recognition whatsoever. And I'm not saying this wasn't a tough thing for her. But it's just one more double standard, IMO.
How sad that some on this thread can't see that.