If you’re going to have female police officers, let them do actual police work.
Ivanka Trump is one of the most famous women in politics right now. Among her core issues? Women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship.
This week, Trump traveled to Japan to peddle that message. An aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described her as “one of the most remarkable people in the world, because she is actively trying to support women entrepreneurs and improve women’s participation in society.”
So it makes sense that Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department might want to showcase a little girl power of its own. In fact, ahead of Trump’s visit, the Department announced that it had put together a female-only security team to protect female dignitaries. Their first charge: Ivanka, and President Trump’s wife, Melania, who’ll be arriving Nov. 5 with the president for a three-day visit.
Now, an all-female force has its perks. Studies show female police officers are less violent than their male counterparts and are responsible for a tiny amount of police brutality. Researchers say women are less authoritarian as police officers and stronger communicators.
Of course, that presupposes that women on the force are treated like officers, not props. Which is not what happened when Tokyo unveiled the band of merry sisters.
