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Old 20th August 2012 | 05:47
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Wunwing
 
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There have been 3 different cases written up in Australian news recently.
The males moved were by occupation, a fire fighter, school teacher and a nurse.
One assumes that that to be consistent,in their occupations, the fire fighter should only rescue adults and if confronted by a life threatening situation involving children,he should request that a substitute female be sourced and rushed to the scene. The teacher should only teach males (under constant female supervision)and the nurse should only treat adults. Again if working in emergency he should refuse to treat children, even if no female nurses are available.
As a father and grandfather I would much rather have a male fire fighter sitting next to my family on an aircraft than a 20 something female. I suspect in an accident the firefighter would make sure of the childs safety. But I'm not allowed to say that am I? Thats sexist?
Wunwing

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