I have personally be called things I wish not to repeat based on my job, how did these rumors start ? I am aware that the Fire Service is very family orientated. For fun what is the stereotype you hate the most ?
"Firefighter are supposed to be men!" . . . "Girls can't be firefighters!"
...like a penis and a few testicles makes someone a better firefighter
and it pisses me off most when a male firefighter says it to me - not just an ignorant townsperson... makes me want to kick them in their "special package"
No "Firemen" are supposed to be men.....Firefighters are supposed to fight fires....aren't we all Firefighters....? Hey the only thing a penis is good for (At a fire that is) is breaking down the door.......LOL....what....?
...like a penis and a few testicles makes someone a better firefighter
Nah, it is the testosterone that drives the male to just get in there and get the job done.
The damn estrogen would just make firefighters want to talk about feelings and what someone is wearing, whos dating who and so forth.....even the fire would eventually get sick of listening to that crap and just lay down and die.
and unless your penis can jaws-a-life a car apart or vent a roof faster than the standard tools - MY tools can get just as much done as your tools !!!
(some would say, I have more resources than "man" - such as I can talk about things like feelings and the such, which seem to make so many men ill - bordering on incompetent!)
and you concede the fire will just lay down and die for women...
so then our job would be done more quickly :-)
so who needs "male" firefighters ?