"Say what you want about opportunity there is plenty of research that supports some gender differences that are poo-pooed by the PC brigade. Aggresion is less common in the female demographic, IMHO and I suspect it is a generally percieved wisdom."

Well, in the case of Moira Cameron, before she was eligible for her job as a Beefeater she "must have been a warrant officer or senior noncommissioned officer, have served at least 22 years in the army, Royal Air Force or Royal Marines, and hold the medal for long service and good conduct."

Now I wouldn't like to characterise Moira as "aggressive" si mply because she served out a distingushed career in the army, but as an officer who spent her entire career in a man's world, she was more than qualifierd to fulfill her role - it's a pity a couple of her male colleagues decided that her gender made her unfit for the job, and tried to bully her out of it.