[alienken]

Yes people get hung up on the gender but we need to focus on the size.A short man is just as much a problem as small women....More women use their guns more causing more fatalities which adds to the problem.

[goldstategop]

Exactly. Height and Strength matters in the police, fire services and the military. I'm a man of slight build, which despite my hearing disability, would have disqualified me from those jobs since you have to be strong enough to deal with dangerous circumstances and protect those around you. We have to accept the fact that certain jobs will always call for a certain height and a level of strength necessary to get them done. Gender aside, if we ignore it, we're putting the lives of innocent people at needless risk.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[arthurus]

A short man is just as much a problem as small women

A short man has considerably more upper body strength and more wind. That noted, yes the guard should be physically selected for the job, and there should be at least 2 of them.

[trebb]

Yes people get hung up on the gender but we need to focus on the size.A short man is just as much a problem as small women....More women use their guns more causing more fatalities which adds to the problem.

Yep - and that went out the window in order to include women; many jobs, where physical strength/endurance was an issue, used to have standards of height too - but, alas, there are more men that top 5'6" than women, so that had to go out the window...

[Condor51]

A short man is just as much a problem as small women.

While I agree in general, there are some exceptions.

Here's a few 'short men' that were pretty bad people in 'their day'.

and last but certainly not least

A very 'short' War Hero

And back in the 'old hood' the baddest guy was Dave ****, who stood a whole whooping 5'-7" - IN cowboy boots. Then there was this guy who rode in our MC club for a while - "Animal". He was about 5'-5" or 5'-6" tops (I think he eventually died in Joliet?). He'd kill you as soon as look at you, hence his nickname.

So no offense but stature isn't exactly everything for a guy.

[Designer]

"A short man.."

Yup. Back when I wanted to be a cop, I did not meet the minimum height requirement. Nowadays I can look at the tops of many cop's heads.