Why then, do people react with surprise & awe when girls make their way to the paintball fields?

Why then, do people react with surprise & awe when girls make their way to the paintball fields? Does aggressive action & accuracy on the shooting range denote less feminine traits off range? I would vote no. In fact, I would expect the opposite. When petite, fragile-looking & feminine young females don military-style boots, camo gear head to toe, face masks, & helmets & proceed to the paintball gun range, it could well be an extension of that make-believe world. It could, actually, be pointing to the very feminine, lace & fragrance, tenderness & caring traits off the range.


Belle Starr, Annie Oakley & Calamity Jane strapped on side arms & worked side by side with the men who tamed the wild west in years of long ago. Angie Dickenson portrayed a feisty police sargent in the 1970 TV show, Police Woman, to blaze the trail for more "women & guns" shows like Charlie's Angels & Cagney & Lacey. Lieutenant Eve Dallas & Detective Delia Peabody arm themselves with lasers & tazers to go forward in the futuristic mind of author JD Robb, keeping peace & catching criminals in the future years.

Some females find it more fun to dress up in lace & silk lingerie, sexy black dress with a slit quarters of the way home & heels high to start a nosebleed in the event that they have first been bundled up the opposite, as you would find on the paintball work. The contrast evokes that "little girl" feeling of playing dress up. The contrast often announces power or authority & control, saying, "see, I can change who I am anytime I want".

(In an aside from the author--I will admit the "little elderly lady" in me has observed lots of years of the fact that the male species reacts the same way. Otherwise, why would they stand inches taller & preen a tiny bit longer when they take off that camo & put on a tuxedo?) Apparently that authority & control is not any more gender specific than the ability for accuracy of marksmanship or agility & maneuverability on the paintball field.

Giant amounts of practice, along with a nice eye; & lots of hours in the gym with a nice fitness program will level the gender playing field nicely.