Re: RARA-AVIS: women PIs

From: Mark Troy ( metroy@tamu.edu)
Date: 20 Aug 2001

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Brian wrote:

>1.
>>But when I read about women PIs, cops, what have you, in
>>fiction, something about it doesn't ring true and I tune out.
>

Odd, but all the people I know who actually earn a living as PIs are women. I know there are men in the field, probably many more men than women, but I haven't met them.

Mark

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