[Steve_Seattle]

"feminine, athletic female firefighters"

If a city had 20 female firefighters and 19 were dyke-types and one was a beauty, who do you think the press would profile? And, of course, they would cite her as an example of how stereotypes are always wrong.

[NYCVirago]

If a city had 20 female firefighters and 19 were dyke-types and one was a beauty, who do you think the press would profile? And, of course, they would cite her as an example of how stereotypes are always wrong.

This comment may be offensive to some, but I would much rather have the bull-dyke types in the fire department than some little 5-2 waif who's worried about her hair and nails. Same goes for the police department and the military.

[2Trievers]

And that one beautiful female firefighter would be so swept off her feet by a certain Provacateur who sought her out for her brains and good looks, that she would never need to work again in her life because she would be cared for by a strong, caring devoted ex-Marine. Then the FD would have not one feminine firefighter left ... so no one lives happily ever afterall ... so sad. *sniff*

[stands2reason]

Yeah, like the sober homeless guy they always profile who just lost his job.