tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805395206887649539.post2818342751975288906..comments2023-10-06T01:12:30.286-07:00Comments on Ranty McRanterson: The sexist pencil sharpener and a bad comparisonThe Frog Queenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17411247621070763031noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805395206887649539.post-26092322333359719202008-11-23T17:38:00.000-08:002008-11-23T17:38:00.000-08:00It's not only in films that more men get killed . ...It's not only in films that more men get killed . It happens in real life too. Take the casualty figures in Iraq and Afghanistan. The percentage figures for the armed services are 90% men and 10% women. You would naturally expect that there would be 90% of the casualties who are men and 10% who are women. But in actual fact 98% of the casualties are men and a mere 2% women.<BR/>Does this sound as though female soldiers are sharing the same dangers as men? We often see women portrayed as tough guys in films; pity they don't exist in real life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625498789568627913noreply@blogger.com