"Good on 'em. The two o' them trained you well from what I've seen." The smile Jack flashes has clear respect mixed within it. "I haven't encountered many a woman that could fight as fiercely, save a few."

The norm for his time period was that most women were meant to be 'proper' and ladylike and maintain the household while their husbands worked or spent time away. But he'd known women -- pirates, even -- who had shrugged off that expectation and made their own path in life.