Co workers aren’t your buddies, they are your co workers. Keep all the “women can’t be cops” and “men are pigs” talk away from work. Why risk getting canned because you said something politically incorrect?

@Emily: How was that manipulating her? The guys voiced an opinion (a stupid one and at the wrong place). They have the right to say what they want. It isn’t manipulation because you don’t agree with it.

Also men and women manipulate each other on a constant basis. To say that men are the only offenders is laughable.

@Vanessa: What does childbirth have to do with women’s physical strength to subdue criminals? I am not saying childbirth isn’t painful, but it is completely unrelated to women being police officers.

@Kat: Your comments are completely misandric in nature. Police officers regardless of gender are there to follow the law. Are you saying that male cops are incapable of stopping child trafficking, prostitution and helping domestic abuse victims? Cause it sure sounds like that.

There have been documented cases of everything happening. There are bad cops like there are bad teachers (the recent trend with female teachers having sex with boys). Every profession will have bad apples. You are painting male cops with a extremely large brush.

There are good people and bad people. Women do not have a monopoly on virtue.

In cases of child trafficking, helping out victims of domestic violence, and assisting prostitutes, victims of these forms of violence are often more responsive to women than to men–the men are (perhaps, in a sexist way) more similar to their assailants than women are–and victims are more willing to help out women police officers in these cases.

(Plus, there have been documented cases of male police officers engaging in police brutality and raping victims–I have not yet read a news story involving women police officers doing that. Perhaps it is because there are fewer women police officers–but perhaps not.)

Also, Tinnie, that comment is priceless. Priceless and true x

YES, its true that guys are GENERALLY bigger built and have a higher muscle ratio than women do.

This does NOT mean that women can’t defend themselves properly.

I have a friend that is training for her black belt in a martial art (i’m only a white belt), and is training for the police force. She also used to be a bouncer for clubs. This woman is chinese, about a foot shorter than me and lightly built, and she’s terrifying.

I can honestly say that my city will be a lot safer with her as an officer here.

And you know why?

Because she’s been training with guys that are twice as strong as her for about five years. Strength has nothing to do with being able to defend yourself.

Ooops long post.

Anyway, I’d be pretty pissed at that guy too. Just keep breathing ;D