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They say it is because I am female...
That victims trust me, talk to me,
That children will  tell me their secrets,
Women open up.

They say it is because I am female...
That hardened scumbags cry to me,
Or confess...but only to me.
That they trust me.

They say it is because I am female...
That a suspect fought with me.
Or didn't. That a man respected me.
Or didn't.

Not because I have... Experience. Empathy.
Training. Tactical skills.
Drive. Dedication. Discipline.
No. It is because I am female.

And they don't even get it...
That no insult, no explicative,
Nothing they could say,
Nothing could be any more insulting.

Nothing. 

 -- 01/01/2011 For all my sistahs in blue