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Old 1st Sep 2019, 20:52
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Originally Posted by Training Risky

The programme is good overall, despite the pandering to the female stude and all her guff about being female aircrew for the muslim schoolgirls.
Sexist attitudes like that are exactly why the RAF needs to engage with women. Currently 14% of the RAF are female (which is better than the other services), with aircrew being a far lower percentage, and that's despite having had female aircrew for 30 odd years.

You might want to look up 'Self - sabotage' and 'Imposter syndrome'. Research indicates that, owing to sexist societal values, it affects more women than men.

It's attitudes like yours that reinforce female self-doubt, attitudes that belong in the 1950s, attitudes which have no place in the 21st Century.
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