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I always use plumbing as an example. You never hear about that being not diverse enough. Look, I'm all for equal pay, but I didn't see those ladies in my class
by gvd 10y ago
I always use plumbing as an example. You never hear about that being not diverse enough.
Look, I'm all for equal pay, but I didn't see those ladies in my classroom 10-15 years ago. Only after it became "cool" to be a nerd, seeing that there is money to be made being a nerd, and realizing that living in a major city can't be subsidized by whatever they chose to study, did they start hammering on about this.
Equal pay will be very difficult to enforce unless you make salaries public. I can assure you that among your peers there are plenty of differences in compensation.
- jbob2000 10y agoIt's not fair to compare them, plumbing requires physical strength, whereas tech jobs don't. Women have anywhere from 40-60% of the strength men do, and men have especially greater hand strength than women https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_human_physiology#Muscle_mass_and_strength https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_human_physi... Given that you need really good hand strength to do plumbing, it's never something that will see sex diversity.
- choko 10y agoI worked in remodeling before and during college, including plumbing. It requires less physical strength than what you are implying. The parent comment makes a good point. There are few (if any) calls for diversity in regards to "dirty" jobs.
- jbob2000 10y agoAre you a male? You think it takes less physical strength because what's physically easy for a male would be harder for a female. Ever been asked to open a jar for your wife?
- choko 10y agoYes, I'm male. No, I've never opened a jar for my wife. My wife actually has as much physical strength as I, perhaps more. For what it's worth, there were 3 female crew members with which I worked at the remodeling company. None of them had issues turning a pipe wrench. It's seriously not as strenuous as you seem to think. Have you tried it? Edit: I also feel like you are missing the point, which is that there is relatively little call for diversity outside of "more women in STEM".
- dragonwriter 10y ago> I always use plumbing as an example. You never hear about that being not diverse enough. I suspect that people who work in tech, closely follow tech news, and spend their free time posting in tech-industey-centered forums often miss things like campaigns for diversity in skilled manual labor not because such campaigns don't exist, but because of where their attention is focussed. http://news.sky.com/story/white-van-woman-held-back-by-sexism-10401907 http://news.sky.com/story/white-van-woman-held-back-by-sexis...