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Ah, 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 g

by branon 3mo ago

Ah, 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 3mo ago
Both. But mostly the war.
- Alive-in-2025 3mo ago
  I 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 3mo ago
    I would suggest that the male deaths will have been concentrated in a smaller age range than the female ones.
flextheruler 3mo ago
If 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 3mo ago
  From the two pictures I hadn't inferred that it was specifically a preponderance, hence naïveté of my original conclusion
Cider9986 3mo ago
You 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 3mo ago
  Fun 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 3mo ago
The 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.

by branon 3mo ago

Ah, 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 3mo ago

Both. But mostly the war.

Alive-in-2025 3mo ago
I 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 3mo ago
  I would suggest that the male deaths will have been concentrated in a smaller age range than the female ones.

flextheruler 3mo ago

If 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 3mo ago
From the two pictures I hadn't inferred that it was specifically a preponderance, hence naïveté of my original conclusion

Cider9986 3mo ago

You 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 3mo ago
Fun 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 3mo ago

The 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.