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What's with the obsession of gender equality by women in high paying jobs?, is never about lack of women in sewer maintenance or coal mining, or bugs exterminat

by ivanca 11y ago

What's with the obsession of gender equality by women in high paying jobs?, is never about lack of women in sewer maintenance or coal mining, or bugs exterminators, or firemen (firewoman? Is that even a word?). Is always CEOs or STEAM jobs at silicon valley. That's a very narrow and convenient definition of "equality" isn't it?

learc83 11y ago
It's not even about the lack of women in undesirable male dominated jobs. What about the lack of women in relatively high paying skilled trades like electrician or elevator repair? I think you'd get more bang for your buck by funding programs to help working class women move into skilled trades, than by trying to move middle class women who are already going to college from one major to another.
dublidu 11y ago
Because CEOs and other higher paying jobs impact the world we live in. Women need to be represented in high impact jobs so that we don't have a world designed entirely by men.
zasz 11y ago
Believe it or not, women have had to fight for the right to work in coal mines. You probably hear only about the fight to get more women in tech, since you are in tech. But anyway, here you go: http://www.women-in-mining.com/news/1389309 http://www.women-in-mining.com/news/1389309 Proof that there used to be laws on the books banning women from working in mines, and feminists went and fought them. It's quite possible that the other reason you don't hear about female coal miners asking for more representation is that tech is worse at hiring women than coal mines are by now.
- ivanca 11y ago
  Actually I know that, I was talking about _modern feminis_ where this kind of jobs get a lot more attention by them than any other "gender gap"
  - SolaceQuantum 11y ago
    There are plenty of organizations that push for women representation in a variety of jobs. Check the organization Blue Collar Women in USA. In China just recently in 2014, women led a massive Sanitation Worker strike. http://www.labornotes.org/2014/10/women-lead-sanitation-strike-massive-education-complex-china http://www.labornotes.org/2014/10/women-lead-sanitation-stri... And also in the news in 2014 a female is head of NYC's Sanitation department. http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/kathryn-garcia-named-new-york-city-sanitation-commissioner-1.7401963 http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/kathryn-garcia-named-ne...

by ivanca 11y ago

learc83 11y ago

It's not even about the lack of women in undesirable male dominated jobs. What about the lack of women in relatively high paying skilled trades like electrician or elevator repair? I think you'd get more bang for your buck by funding programs to help working class women move into skilled trades, than by trying to move middle class women who are already going to college from one major to another.

dublidu 11y ago

Because CEOs and other higher paying jobs impact the world we live in. Women need to be represented in high impact jobs so that we don't have a world designed entirely by men.

zasz 11y ago

Believe it or not, women have had to fight for the right to work in coal mines. You probably hear only about the fight to get more women in tech, since you are in tech. But anyway, here you go: http://www.women-in-mining.com/news/1389309 http://www.women-in-mining.com/news/1389309 Proof that there used to be laws on the books banning women from working in mines, and feminists went and fought them. It's quite possible that the other reason you don't hear about female coal miners asking for more representation is that tech is worse at hiring women than coal mines are by now.

ivanca 11y ago
Actually I know that, I was talking about _modern feminis_ where this kind of jobs get a lot more attention by them than any other "gender gap"
- SolaceQuantum 11y ago
  There are plenty of organizations that push for women representation in a variety of jobs. Check the organization Blue Collar Women in USA. In China just recently in 2014, women led a massive Sanitation Worker strike. http://www.labornotes.org/2014/10/women-lead-sanitation-strike-massive-education-complex-china http://www.labornotes.org/2014/10/women-lead-sanitation-stri... And also in the news in 2014 a female is head of NYC's Sanitation department. http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/kathryn-garcia-named-new-york-city-sanitation-commissioner-1.7401963 http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/kathryn-garcia-named-ne...