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 No disrespect, but you can see the video footage of no fewer than 4 Secret Service female agents, and it's not a great look.

I have zero doubts that each and any of those women can wipe the floor with my sorry ass any day of the week, all day. But compare their lack of commanding presence with that of the male agents. Any of those men can kill me with one single punch. And in the case of the photo, come on. Trump is a large man. She can't even cover his belly.

I'm all for women doing dangerous, high stress, physically demanding jobs. But I don't think it's justified that they do this specific one because are not even subject to the same selection process and requirement, so it's impossible they perform as well as their male peers. Statistically, I would bet you that every single one of those women are taking the job a a man who could do it more effectively by pure virtue of his physical attributes. To the only detriment of the person whose life is at risk.