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[quote=Anonymous][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]
PP here.. you bring up a very good point.

I was talking about this topic with my DH last night, and he said that some women might find it more comfortable to hire female trade workers and having them in the house with them alone.

IMO, there would be some women who would feel this way, but there would also be some women who still have the stereotype of what a plumber should look like, and it's not a female, and they would not hire females.

But yea, I would not feel comfortable going into a stranger's home, either.[/quote]

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