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Interesting and sad to see the ratio of women to men doing hard manual work in these photos, even road repairs are done by women. It's mind boggling how devasta
by usrnm 4mo ago
Interesting and sad to see the ratio of women to men doing hard manual work in these photos, even road repairs are done by women. It's mind boggling how devastating the war was for the country.
- branon 4mo agoAh, is that why... I noticed this too but assumed it was due to some communist ideal of gender equality leading to more women tradespeople, wishful thinking I guess
- konart 4mo agoBoth. But mostly the war.
- Alive-in-2025 4mo agoI was expecting to find out that lots of men killed in the war led to many more women working after the war, and that's what could be interpreted/guessed from these pictures. But looking at wikipedia, it's complicated. A lot of different estimates of deaths. I think a lot more men died in ww2 in the Soviet military, from Wikipedia, about 20 million men (see total war deaths by age group table) and 6 million women. The official counts of the dead were supposed to have underreported deaths by a lot. Looking at different estimates in wiki, about 10 million military dead and almost 20 million civilian dead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties_of_the_Soviet_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties_of_the...
- rjsw 4mo agoI would suggest that the male deaths will have been concentrated in a smaller age range than the female ones.
- flextheruler 4mo agoIf not for the war or other legitimate reasons I'd assume a preponderance of one demographic doing a specific job as likely a bad thing. I'm surprised it'd be wishful thinking.
- branon 4mo agoFrom the two pictures I hadn't inferred that it was specifically a preponderance, hence naïveté of my original conclusion
- Cider9986 4mo agoYou saw it in the US during the two world wars. Women got more rights and there was some interesting propaganda encouraging women to work. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_the_Riveter
- teachrdan 4mo agoFun fact: The version Normal Rockwell painted shows Rosie stepping on a copy of Mein Kampf. Good times! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RosieTheRiveter.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RosieTheRiveter.jpg
- throw-the-towel 4mo agoThe poorer the country, the more women work in traditionally male fields. In Bolivia and in Peru, I was surprised to see many women working in construction and driving taxis.
- AnimalMuppet 4mo agoIt wasn't just hard manual work. IIRC, for decades the majority of doctors were women.
- throw-the-towel 4mo agoThey still are! According to the WHO [0], in 2020 just under 71% of doctors in Russia were women. [0] https://gateway.euro.who.int/en/indicators/hlthres_137-of-physicians-by-sex-all-ages/#id=31564 https://gateway.euro.who.int/en/indicators/hlthres_137-of-ph...
- contingencies 4mo agoWhy yes, Vlad, you need to drink less. And of course, lay off the Cubans. But if you're headed to the front, knock yourself out! Seriously though, we can likely expect that statistic to increase due to the number of dead Russian men who have been meat-ground in the war. Poor bastards. On that note, DON'T TEACH YOUR CHILDREN NATIONALIST IDEAS. Resist statism. The 'isms pass. The 'ist dies. Art remains. - Vladimir Nabokov
- watwut 4mo agoThere is exactly one photo with three women pouring something onto small holes? Only other work shown has women going to clear/sweep and cleaning is traditionally female work.
- readthenotes1 4mo agoThat's a funny take these days, that women are too dainty to do "men's work". Should they be kept barefoot in the kitchen? Or just allowed in women's jobs?
- wiseowise 4mo agoThis has nothing to do with gender equality. You don’t see any apparatchik wives on the pictures.
- robotnikman 4mo agoThe Soviets were one of the few countries where Women were employed on the front lines during the war. They were tank drivers, anti aircraft gunners, pilots, snipers. A famous unit of all women pilots known as the 'Night Witches' made a name for themselves during the war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Witches
- Finnucane 4mo agoThe war, and also Stalin.
- throwaway85825 4mo agoYou can get more labor out of people if you assume children take 0 time and cost $0.