To think if I need a body guard, I want a man

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Just from the footage of Trump's near assassination. Just made me think, if need a body guard, whose job it is to take a bullet for me, I want that bodyguard to be really, really big, so that his body is way bigger than mine, so it covers mine. Also seen other footage of bodyguards protecting people in a mob, and they only got their charge out because they were just so physically massive, they could force their way through.

Its a job where physical size and bulk matter. I'd just want a man, an unusually big and strong man, to do it.

Okay

Why wouldn't you @HoppingPavlova Would you be happier for someone physically smaller than you to protect you from bullets and mobs?

Well yes, but only because I’ve read too many trash romances, and he’s going to be called Jack and be some kind of 6’3 behemoth from Texas or something and fall madly in love with me and have to take me to a safe house alone for a fortnight where there’s nothing else to do to ‘waste’ time.

I really HAVE read too many trash romances

But you're going to be enemies at first - he's going to think you're a spoilt princess and you're going to think he's a meathead!

Nah, I would rather have a woman.

Men are too emotional and irrational.

Richard Madden who played the bodyguard in the BBC series is quite small height wise.

I don't want a fictional character as a body guard either.

IDK all those men didn't do a great job, did they?

Love the way you are trying to compound the fiction that women are emotional and irrational with the reality that nearly all women (if any) cannot match the size and bulk of big and strong guys.

Do you make comments like this to defend men competing in women's sports too?

Suit yourself. I personally would want Gia Toscana from The West Wing.

Crack on. I'm pleased women won't have to put themselves in harm's way to save you.

I agree, women are not emotional and irrational. Women for the win!

The other failings are irrelevant to the fact that when the charge needed a body shield, some of those shields were physically smaller than him.

I would want a bodyguard to be bigger and wider than me yes. Imo in general it makes sense for bodyguards to be big enough to be able to physically cover their charge.

Wtf are you on about?

I wouldn't want a guy protecting me, I would much rather a woman.

The bloody trans debate doesn't have to seep into absolutely every thread ffs.

Obviously, until our overwhelming attraction and some terrifying situation gives us a new found respect for each other

I tend to think there's a difference between wanting someone larger than you (seems like a legitimate requirement) and someone very strong (also legitimate) and recognising that that might mean on average you are going to employ more men than women (and setting a minimum height/weight might be discriminatory but might well also be a proportionate means to a legitimate aim), and saying "only a man will do".

What uf you need them as you are getting dressed, in toilets etc? Tbh I want a bit of clever thinking, good planning etc as well. So a mix of people.

Loving the way your feminism is wishing death on me for pointing out a reality based opinion. Are you mates with David Tennant by any chance? You have a lot in common.

Did you start this thread as thinly veiled attempt to get a froth going about trans people OP? Because that’s what it seems like.

I agree that you need someone big and strong. Mostly that would be men, but I'd make an exception for Brienne of Tarth from Game of Thrones.

Thinking about it, all presidential assassinations have had all male security detail. This one was a failed assassination and had woman on the team. Statistically it seems it would be safer to have more women in those roles.

Has it been clarified how long the male agents ignored the crowd telling them that someone was on the roof? This is going to be controversial but a male background in the US and police military wouldn't necessarily fill me with unwavering confidence. But then neither would a MET background.

If I had a single bodyguard, I'd want someone big and strong and fast. Essentially I'd want someone with the physique of the rugby player Duhan Van Der Merwe.

I wouldn't care if they were male or female, but I think women with that physique are even rather than men.

However, Trump didn't have a single bodyguard, he had a team of them - so a mix of people with a range of physiques may give a stronger overall team.

I'm getting slagged for pointing out that in roles where physical bulk and strength matter, that men have a distinct advantage. Presumably people are slagging me from a feminist perspective.

Pointing out that some may be hypocritical if they are slagging me here but would defend the difference between men and women elsewhere, is entirely legitimate