Of course they are.
The Lady And The Snake:A tender-hearted woman saw a pretty colored half-frozen snake on the path.
"Poor thing," she said, "I'll take you in, and care of you."
She wrapped him In a comforter and laid him by the fireside with some honey and some milk.
When she arrived home that night she found the pretty snake had revived.
She clutched him to her bosom, stroked his pretty skin and then kissed and held him tight.
"You're so beautiful," she said, "But if I hadn't brought you in, by now you would have died."
Instead of saying, "Thank you," the snake gave the woman a vicious bite.
"But, I saved you," cried that woman, "And now you've bitten me!
You know your bite is poisonous, and now I will die."
Shut up, you silly woman," said the reptile, "You knew damn well I was a snake before you brought me in."
Knuckle dragger! A woman should be allowed to handle whatever reptile she wants to. So don’t go blaming her for what that nasty snake did.
Agreed, but Western women are bombarded from the time of birth with lies about the evils of snake discrimination.