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Do any politicians use female bodyguards?
04-29-2014, 04:52 PM
With the recent push by liberal politicians to put women in combat roles, it had me thinking - do any of the politicians pushing these policies employ bodyguards for personal protection? And if so, how many of these bodyguards are women?
Because I can't help but wonder when it's *their* personal safety on the line who do the "Women Can Do Anything Men Can Do!" politicians choose to protect themselves? Burly-as-F*ck-Bob or Gender-normative-strength-standards-Sally?
Assuming there was in fact a way to determine the breakdowns (I'm betting most bodyguards employed by politicians are men), it would be fun to point out their hypocrisy and then ask them what steps they're taking to ensure women's equal representation in the field of personal protection.
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04-29-2014, 06:34 PM
This is a great way to black knight / troll the shit out of those hypocrites, esp since their personal protection is paid for by taxpayers' money.
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Do any politicians use female bodyguards?
04-29-2014, 06:54 PM
Only the ones with a death wish...
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04-29-2014, 07:11 PM
Anna Loginova (1978-2008) was a Russian fashion model, female bodyguard, and founder of an agency of female bodyguards (to protect Russian oligarchs). She died while trying to prevent her Porsche Cayenne from being carjacked.
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Daily Mail article on her death:
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In a recent magazine interview, she insisted that she and her team of glamorous bodyguards gave better protection than the more traditional beefy male security men.
"I do think that a girl should be a girl, not a Terminator," she said. She posed semi-naked for a Moscow men's magazine to make it clear that she was feminine as well as good with a gun.
She was highly respected for her bodyguard skills. "A normal man gets sick and tired of male bodyguards around him all the time," she said.
"In addition, many restaurants now do not allow a guard inside. They can come in and check everything but then they are asked to wait in the lobby.
"In contrast, you can take female bodyguards inside, she will sit down at the table and nobody would guess that she's a weapon herself - and can react appropriately in any dangerous situation."
Here's a video on her death, courtesy of Russia Today:
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Do any politicians use female bodyguards?
04-30-2014, 05:14 AM
So she and her female buddies gave better protection than the beefy bodyguards?
Not all bodyguards are big. The smaller guys whom have done special forces duties would snap your neck quite easily.
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04-30-2014, 05:52 AM
Quote: (04-30-2014 04:33 AM)Benoit Wrote:
People are desperate to believe that women can do anything men can do. Life just doesn't work that way.
Mark Ames at NSFWCorp:
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When Anna Loginova -- Russia's first model-bodyguard -- was murdered by carjackers, the media went predictably nuts over her life-story. The only problem: everything about that story was a lie.
Have you read the full article? I haven't yet, so I don't know where the lies are.
If Loginova claimed to be a bodyguard, then she was one, period. Maybe she was useless as a bodyguard, but business is all about perception, especially when there is no procedure to measure the quality of the service being provided.
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04-30-2014, 07:40 AM
Quote: (04-30-2014 07:27 AM)Benoit Wrote:
The basic outline is that she was too old to be a model without a gimmick, made up the story and then started to believe it herself as an escape from the crushing brutality of life in Moscow.
Thanks for the info. It's amazing what women come up with to avoid facing The Wall.
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04-30-2014, 07:42 AM
Quote: (04-30-2014 04:33 AM)Benoit Wrote:
People are desperate to believe that women can do anything men can do. Life just doesn't work that way.
From the
48 Laws of Power:
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Law 32 - Play to People’s Fantasies
The truth is often avoided because it is ugly and unpleasant. Never appeal to truth and reality unless you are prepared for the anger that comes for disenchantment. Life is so harsh and distressing that people who can manufacture romance or conjure up fantasy are like oases in the desert: Everyone flocks to them. There is great power in tapping into the fantasies of the masses.
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