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The four possibilities suggested in the article are good. But I suspect the biggest reason is that the female-dominated professions tend to be lower status, les
by jamesaguilar 13y ago
The four possibilities suggested in the article are good. But I suspect the biggest reason is that the female-dominated professions tend to be lower status, less well-compensated professions than the male-dominated ones. It's not like it's particularly difficult for a male to become an RN or a teacher. There are no institutional or systemic barriers that I'm aware of.
- gaius 13y agoThat's not really true tho'. All the dirty, dangerous jobs are male-dominated. Why do you never hear anyone complaining there are too few women driving garbage trucks, mining coal, packing meat, working construction?
- jamesaguilar 13y agoEven those low-status male jobs are fairly well-compensated compared the female-dominated professions, especially considering the amount of education required. And several of them will always tend male as long as they aren't done by robots, because men have a physical strength advantage.
- pessimizer 13y agoYou don't think that changing a senior's diaper or dealing with infected needles is dirty, dangerous work? I submit that the jobs you're mentioning are distinctive because they involve lifting heavy things. The women I knew who worked construction were all forklift drivers.
- DanBC 13y ago> working construction? There are government and industry funded schemes in different countries to encourage more women to go into construction at all levels of the industry.