# The Russian female solider parade uniform is high heels and a mini skirt? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874 "2011-05-23T09:46:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/21 "2011-05-26T01:41:06Z")
Only one thing I can think of saying here. Babushka! ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/22 "2011-05-26T01:42:46Z")
Well, all I can say is that if more soldiers dressed like that there would be less war…Except maybe for the Swiss Guardsmen…oh yeah, and the Scots of course. ---
**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/23 "2011-05-26T01:59:52Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > And notice that in pic #19 they are wearing much more sensible standard shoes. Oh really? Guess so. Hadn’t noticed their shoes… ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/24 "2011-05-26T02:12:09Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > i don’t care what people say but that picture definitely glorifies the white race. WOOHOO! Umm … seriously? This is a “white race” thing now? ---
**Author:** ![medicated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@medicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medicated)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/25 "2011-05-26T02:54:55Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Umm … seriously? This is a “white race” thing now? I was thinking the same thing. When confronted with an image of beautiful women, should you find your mind immediately drawn to their race, then you are probably the sort of person who’d revel in the Italian-ness of a good lasagna rather than the taste. How sad, having to go through life with such a crippling intellectual defect. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/26 "2011-05-26T03:04:42Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I saw [these pics](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/victory_day.html#photo18) on the Boston Globe page. I couldn’t believe how hot they all were. Police women don’t usually look like supermodels outside of Hollywood fabrication. Picture number 47 really put a tear in my eye ( and no it wasnt the hot babes it was the very old guy on the bench) ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/27 "2011-05-26T04:50:44Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Umm … seriously? This is a “white race” thing now? it’s just me. i just like seeing hot blonds and brunettes. never you mind. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/28 "2011-05-26T04:54:40Z")
> [@medicated](#): > > I was thinking the same thing. When confronted with an image of beautiful women, should you find your mind immediately drawn to their race, then you are probably the sort of person who’d revel in the Italian-ness of a good lasagna rather than the taste. > > How sad, having to go through life with such a crippling intellectual defect. i like the taste of lasagna and the thought that it’s italian. i commented for my own benefit that’s all. that’s not being sad. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/29 "2011-05-26T13:05:10Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > i like the taste of lasagna and the thought that it’s italian. i commented for my own benefit that’s all. that’s not being sad. Nope. But anything that smacks of “The Glory of the White Race” comes across as amazingly racist. Of course, you knew that. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/30 "2011-05-26T14:52:00Z")
> [@astro](#): > > They’re not all ‘hot’ but they are in _great_ shape. There are no even partially fat ones. We’re so used to seeing thickish to pudgy police women in the US that pic is kind of shocker. Maybe where you are. Most of the female police I’ve seen around here are in pretty good shape. Mostly because on average they’re barely 30 years old. Police work is still a mostly-male job, but the number of females is growing rapidly, leading to them being concentrated at the young end of the spectrum. Now the parking meter enforcement folks downtown are a different matter. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/31 "2011-05-26T16:29:33Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Umm … seriously? This is a “white race” thing now? But progress is being made. Russians are apparently white people now. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/32 "2011-05-27T00:19:48Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > Nope. But anything that smacks of “The Glory of the White Race” comes across as amazingly racist. Of course, you knew that. what if i told you i got the idea from black power, and brown power, and gay pride? ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/33 "2011-05-27T00:58:38Z")
> [@mac\_bolan00](#): > > what if i told you i got the idea from black power, and brown power, and gay pride? Wouldn’t change a damn thing. Black power, gay pride and the like are the totally normal and expected attempts to correct an injustice. White Power is racist garbage, often dressed up in “but what about MY culture” trappings. It’s garbage, as is anyone who spouts it. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/34 "2011-05-27T01:06:00Z")
thanks for that. i’ll remember it. see you around. ---
**Author:** ![medicated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@medicated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medicated)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/35 "2011-05-27T02:59:17Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But progress is being made. Russians are apparently white people now. I do love the way that white power rangers so often spend tremendous amounts of time and effort trying to sort out exactly what counts as white. I used to argue with those people back on usenet (remember that?), and can recall being told that: 1. I count as a white person because my ancestry is French. 2. I don’t count as a white person because my family is Catholic 3. I don’t count as white because French-Canadians are largely mixed with Natives 4. Wait, I do count as white if I choose to self-identify as such and my personal favourite… 5. I don’t count as white because Canada is a socialist cesspool. The more time they spend beating each other up over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, the better off the rest of us are. So say I. ---
**Author:** ![mac\_bolan00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/36 "2011-05-27T04:21:08Z")
i can assure you it’s neither higher math nor rocket science. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874/37 "2011-05-27T05:38:03Z")
I don’t see this train ever getting on track again. Closing the thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-russian-female-solider-parade-uniform-is-high-heels-and-a-mini-skirt/582874.md?page=1)