Lordy, Kendall. I was an military policeman, an infantryman, a stonecutter, and in other macho professions. A woman can do the job of a cop much more easily, at times, than a man -- they can defuse a situation just by their presence. In combat a man would slide a bayonet into you, but a woman would twist it to make sure you were dead. In stonecutting we used hoists (chain then, electrical now), air chisels, sandblasting, rollers, dock trucks, levers -- nothing a woman couldn't do.

Women can become good shots more quickly than men -- something long recognized by shooting instructors -- because they listen to instructions instead of assuming.

One of my family's motto has long been, "Try it before you say you can't do it."