[quote="Fnord]Women are tougher than you think they are, particularly mentally.
Would a woman have been able to hold on to a ship's mast in rain and rolling seas while aligning a satcom antenna? Would a woman have been able to load and unload trucks full of 50-pound bags of fertilizer by hand every day for three weeks straight? Would a woman have been able to carry 70 pounds of telemetry gear and a 30-pound field pack on a three-day hike into the mountains?[/quote]
I understand your point, but there are women who can handle such things. My mother is one such case.
In her 30s she was the produce manager of a grocery store. She hauled cases of produce all day, and once unloaded 1500 watermelons in one day from a truck.
In her 40s she worked at a chemical plant, unloading train cars and barges, and hauling bags of chemicals of water testing chemicals. She also knows how to work a jackhammer to break concrete.
In her 50s and 60s, she loaded 50-lb bags of deer corn she sold in her bait shop. She would buy it by the ton and load it into her storage shed by hand (she still has the bait shop, but doesn't sell corn anymore). She also welds when necessary, and has on many occasions chopped wood to sell at the shop. Oh...did I mention that she's 5'2"?
And, I have a friend in her mid 30s who is a firefighter.
As far as what my male counterpart would be like, I don't know that he would be all that different. With the exception of my big boobs, I'm built pretty much like a guy anyway -- wide shoulders, no waistline, small hips. big feet and hands. And my interests -- film, history, science, sports, the outdoors -- are more typical of a male than a female. As far as facial features, I look like my mom and she looks like her brother and father, so I imagine I'd look like my Uncle Ray. Not bad, since he's a very handsome man and even at 75 years old, still has women hitting on him. Let's see...what would my name be? It would have to be something that was popular during the time I was born, which was 1960, so no Trent or Colby or Rafe. Michael maybe....