.. well done to Sophie - well done to anyone who passes that course. Isn't highlighting achievement on the basis of gender these days though, slightly retro and patronising? Sgt Hobson can wield a spanner with the best of them and I don't imagine any woman gets anywhere in the military these days despite/because of gender.
I concede that there might be a
PR angle to this for some people to get their teeth into, but I don't buy it.. thats a fight for parents and teachers to take up. Let's just do the basics - let's train mechanical engineers to ensure the RAF can fly around the world, not change it. In return, we shouldn't ask social engineers to fill sandbags at Kandahar.
I was going to refer to Sophie's Choice/Hobson's Choice but remembered they are both film titles.