| If I may offer another analogy... Lots of years back, all firefighters were men. One brave woman eventually challenged that and now, women in the fire service are more accepted, but somewhere along the way, someone decided that since women were having trouble getting in (possibly due to the physical agility tests being specifically created to exclude them?) there would be two standards, one more physically demanding for men and one less so for women. This allowed more women to enter the fire service, yes, but the problem that arose was that once hired, they still have to do the same job, and physically, those that passed the "women's standard" but were not able to pass the "men's standard" were not up to the job physically. This is not a sexist, chauvanist slam, it's just the facts: Those particular women that met only the lower standard were not as effective in the positions they were in because of the double standard.
How does this relate? The point was made above that men and women approach the issue of self defense and defense of home differently. Men look at it pragmatically: Threat to home. Stop threat. End of discussion. Women look at it, as posted: Threat to home. What are ramifications?
I submit the thought that perhaps that latter is flawed and should be worked at to be trained out. Why? Because the threat to home will not hesitate while you consider the ramifications. Shoot to stop the threat. If the m****rf****r dies, he or she does so not because he/she was someone's baby, but because he/she made the decision to enter your home and pose a threat. He/she decided that someone was getting hurt or killed today. Your decision has to be that it will not be you. If it is otherwise, the ramifications are that your husband/boyfriend/significant other may be ordering your casket in the very near future. That's cold, it's not nice, and it's not friendly, but it has a much better chance of keeping you alive.
No, you don't want to kill anyone. Neither do the men here. We all need to recognize that possibility and when we slide our pistols into the holster in the morning, recognize that "today might be the day I have to use this and someone may die." If we cannot accept that reality, the gun's place is at home, in the safe, no matter what equipment you have attached between your legs.
No offense to anyone intended, just
Blessings,
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