(April 1, 2019 at 12:13 pm)Yonadav Wrote:(April 1, 2019 at 12:02 pm)Mathilda Wrote: Hah, I live in Scotland where the women are expected to do that for themselves. Normally with the weans following behind taking notes on how best to start a fire.
If I had a daughter I'd be teaching her Muay Thai. My husband would be teaching them first aid.
Makes sense. Arson played a significant role in the women's suffrage movement in your neck of the woods.
To be honest, I think it's the environment that breeds them tough up here. You have two seasons (one with cold wet wind and another with mild wet wind with plagues of blood sucking midges), mountains and historical subjugation by a larger army fought against using guerilla tactics.