tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post1015428996317951816..comments2023-04-22T15:15:21.275-07:00Comments on Hitchcock's World: Gender Inequality and Law EnforcementJohn Hitchcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-1878132499513164692015-07-06T09:38:38.370-07:002015-07-06T09:38:38.370-07:00Yeah, they did use the term "staties" an...Yeah, they did use the term "staties" and I think that was supposed to be derived from "state trooper". I'm not aware of any laws still in effect that prohibit women from ANY part of the police force which means that yes, there must be female state troopers, including ones like what the organization seen in The Departed. <br /><br />Vazquez is an interesting one as well considering she was positive role model for women in the military before there was much in the way of any. Even today the United States is only just starting to open up its infantry ranks to women and doing a simple Google search for "women in infantry" reveals a whole bunch of nasty articles usually either claiming that women are weaker than men and therefore should not be allowed to enlist or others making insane claims like that it will somehow interfere with the group dynamic (as at least one person pointed out, the exact same arguments have been used in the past to argue against letting blacks and gays enlist). Meanwhile, all you need to do to be proven wrong is just ask any Canadian infantrywomen.John Hitchcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13373653979400552490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797386216465468233.post-65079314064321556352015-07-06T07:17:20.799-07:002015-07-06T07:17:20.799-07:00Nice article John. You make some good points. The ...Nice article John. You make some good points. The Departed is a perfect example. Surely there are female cops on similar taskforces or state troopers (I think they called them "staties" in the film). As you noted...thank goodness for James Cameron. He's done a lot for us women folk with Vasquez and Sarah Connor.msmariahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15486729990673366769noreply@blogger.com