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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Isn’t this because more men go into the trades? It makes sense to me. [/quote] 
Exactly. Most plumbers, carpenters, masons, construction workers, electricians, HVAC techs, etc. are men. Women tend to be nurses, teachers, social workers, etc…all of which need college degrees. [/quote]
See.. women still need to be more educated than men to have a decent paying job.  Women who don't have an education end up in jobs that pay minimum wage, unlike these traditional male trade jobs.[/quote]

Why aren't more women in these trade jobs? [/quote]
much of it requires physical labor that women don't have the strength for.[/quote]

As a woman, I would not want to go into homes of people I do not know by myself. I fully live my life but am also aware of the levels of harassment and assault women experience. I've experienced both, myself. So, the trades would (generally) be not something I was interested in b/c of a) I'm just not interested and b) the other reason I stated.

And lest anyone tell me that I'm spewing BS, I was IN a position that I had to interact with, deal with, trade workers (plumbers, carpenters, laborers, electricians, etc.) The amount of harassment and over sexual advanced I experienced in my profession role -not in a personal residence somewhere- was off the charts. Similarly, my father was in a a hard core, roughneck type trade job. It was the same there.  So, I'm well equipped to opine on this. [/quote]

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