{"id":1167,"date":"2007-05-05T07:38:24","date_gmt":"2007-05-05T12:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2007-05-05T07:38:24","modified_gmt":"2007-05-05T12:38:24","slug":"is-it-different-for-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/05\/05\/is-it-different-for-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it different for women?"},"content":{"rendered":"

WTA Blog wonders. <\/a> Main consideration, especially for backpacking, is: what to do about the Time of the Month. One commenter says:<\/p>\n

Further to the subject of menstruation – please pack out your feminine products – they do not decompose as easily as toilet paper.
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\nOther than that, there is no difference between women backpacking and men backpacking. Route-finding, reading a map, pitching a tent, hanging food, first-aid skills – it’s all genderless. It’s dark at night for men as well as for women.
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\nIf a man pitches his camp in a depression and it rains, he’ll get just as wet as a woman would in the same situation.
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\nIf a woman runs over a pointy rock on the way to the trailhead and gets a flat tire on her car, a man who runs over a pointy rock will have a flat tire as well. Either scenario requires cussing and changing out a tire.
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\nA man can fall and break an ankle – so can a woman.
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\nAll things in Nature and physics are equal regarding gender. If Nature and physics doesn’t care about gender, why should you?! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’d kinda sorta argue there’s no such thing as gender neutrality\/equity in nature; it’s more like gender balance. Then again, after watching the Falcon Cam all week<\/a> I’m beginning to wonder if instinct calls all the shots with our species, same as all the others<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WTA Blog wonders. Main consideration, especially for backpacking, is: what to do about the Time of the Month. One commenter says: Further to the subject of menstruation – please pack out your feminine products – they do not decompose as…<\/p>\n

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