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There are a lot of industries where men outnumber women, but it's very far from "pretty much any." https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat18.htm https://www.bls.gov/cps
by ksdale 7y ago
There are a lot of industries where men outnumber women, but it's very far from "pretty much any."
https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat18.htm https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat18.htm
Just by eyeballing this chart, I'd say that women outnumber men in at least a quarter of the categories, and I'd bet there are close to another quarter that are pretty close to 50/50, where inferences drawn from the behaviors of the genders wouldn't be wrong solely because of the distribution of men and women. And given that the total percentage of women employed is 46%, many of the male dominated fields have to be offset by female dominated fields or else it wouldn't be close to 50/50.
This isn't to say there is anything like perfect equality, but men outnumbering women in pretty much any industry is much too strong of a statement, in my opinion.
- JoeAltmaier 7y agoThat chart shows the overwhelming number of occupations dominated by men. Are we reading the same chart? Retail sales, child care are mostly women (and the lowest paid), sure.