3 ms·

Loggers, refuse collectors, meatpackers, miners etc etc are also disproportionately male.

• DanBC 10y ago
  You were told three years ago about the programmes that exist to correct the gender balance in each of those industries. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6508777#6509275 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6508777#6509275 Women in mining: http://internationalwim.org/ http://internationalwim.org/ http://www.womeninmining.org/ http://www.womeninmining.org/ Women in construction: http://www.nawic.org/nawic/default.asp http://www.nawic.org/nawic/default.asp (some editing to tone it down a bit.)
  • deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
  • gaius 10y ago
    You were told three years ago And yet, the problem still exists, no? So my statement was merely one of fact. some editing to tone it down a bit Don't worry you got your changes in before I could take a screenshot to post on another site without context to stir up the outrage #hnwatch
    • tptacek 10y ago
      It's a bad idea to attack someone for taking extra effort to strip inflammatory stuff out of their comments. That's exactly what we want commenters to do.
      • deleted 10y ago
        [deleted]