misunderstood
SA - did I say anything about actual strengths of females compared to males? No. I was trying to answer the original question.
What I was talking about was individual's self-perceptions of what they're good at or what they'd enjoy. I wasn't talking mine or anyone else's views on what constitutes fitting work for a lady.
Men on the whole tend to gravitate more to technical occupations, such as lathe operating or piloting, and women towards activities such as being a primary school teacher or nursing. Some women choose to work on building sites, and some men choose to be perm people's hair for a living, but in both cases they'd be in the minority, same with females who are training to be professional pilots.
I don't have any problem with female pilots, in fact, my IMC instructor was a girlie and very happy I was being taught by her too.
Last edited by Gin Slinger; 18th August 2002 at 14:02.