Comments by "Daniel Bradford" (@Falconlibrary) on "The problem with having women in charge of armies, police forces and certain other bodies" video.

  1. I saw the police in action in Kyoto, Japan. Japanese police officers command complete respect and are very well-trained. One of them took four suspects into custody single-handed and the four were resisting arrest, to boot. Bystanders rushed in to assist the officer without being asked. It's one of the big advantages of an ethnically homogenous society; the Japanese will not allow mass immigration to their islands, because they know they'd lose their culture if they did so.
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  2. Another Long Comment No One Will Read: I ran into this issue as a teacher. My female colleagues would not discipline students for misbehavior, but instead would insist on talking with them to try to understand why the student was not following the rules, etc. This was not only ineffective but often counterproductive. Example: There were two girls lingering in the hallway after the last bell rang. A female colleague started arguing with them, giving them a long explanation as to why it was important for them to attend class on time, etcetera, etcetera. The girls were all too happy to waste time arguing back, since it meant they still didn't have to go to class. After witnessing a couple of minutes of this, I stepped in and said "pardon me" to my colleague. To the girls I said "Go to class. NOW." And without another word, the girls went into their classroom. My female colleague looked at me with astonishment. "How did you get them to do that?" "They don't need a long explanation," I said, "just simple directions. Have a nice day!" Disciplinary codes in American schools have been softened to the point of total ineffectiveness, again under the guidance of female leadership. The problem, according to the women, is that misbehaving students are just misunderstood and consequences such as detention or suspension will just make the students feel badly about themselves. The result is chaos, and female teachers are turning to male administrators and colleagues to bring students back into compliance--but they've taken away our tools to do so. I retired early from teaching after my last principal, an old school male principal in his seventies, retired and was replaced by a "woke" thirtysomething woman (who had only one year of administrative experience but was promoted over men who had 15-20 years experience) who said that instead of the old disciplinary code, we'd have "restorative justice circles", which misbehaving students consider a joke. Her administration is famously indecisive; everything is discussed endlessly but nothing is ever decided upon because making a decision upsets some people who didn't get their way, and no one must ever be upset. Women have their place in teaching, a vital place, because they employ an empathetic communication that is sorely needed, but they should not be in charge of deciding who gets disciplined and how. They simply cannot do it.
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  3.  @doloresaquines  I'm not doubting this is the issue for younger male teachers. By the time all that came around, I was too old and gristly for anyone to regard me as a sexual being. I also have old school gentlemanly manners and keep most people at a polite but discreet arm's length. Are most of the abuse allegations coming from female staffers or female students? From what I saw in my thirty years, it was most often male teachers being inappropriate with female students, and male administrators being inappropriate with female teachers (I had one male principal who had literally bedded 75% of the female staff, which made things interesting on our campus--he got away with it because this was twenty years ago and, truth be told, the encounters were all consensual).
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  4.  @doloresaquines  I'd no idea it was that bad, not quite so bad in the US--but yes, a mere allegation against a male teacher in a US school, even if later proven totally false, would ruin his career and his life.
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  5. It sounds as if the streets were safer with these cops hanging about the shopping centre.
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  6. I've seen women cops who are 5'2", 5'4", weigh 120 pounds soaking wet. They can't physically intimidate criminals nor grapple with them if need be, and that lack of physical prowess is going to get themselves and their colleagues hurt or even killed. Give me a six foot male cop every time if you want to tamp down trouble; his physical presence is a deterrence.
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  7.  @doloresaquines  When I entered the profession, it wasn't like that, and schools were male-led. I wouldn't enter the teaching profession the way things are now. I don't think the factor keeping male teachers out of the profession are worries about abuse accusations; it's more bad pay, lack of leadership, and the female-centered nature of the work. Most staff meetings turned into therapy sessions for my female colleagues and we never got anything DONE. When women became principals, it made matters far worse. The unwillingness (or inability) to provide decisive leadership has doomed public schools to anarchy.
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