While trade schools may use women in advertisements, why do so few women attend trade schools, or learn skilled trades? Maybe it is the danger factor? Maybe it is the long hours of physical labor?
With so much attention on income inequality, we would think women would be beating the doors of trade schools, yet less than 10% of manual labor jobs are held by women.
I spent 15 years working in a wide range of welding shops. In those 15 years I worked with one woman welder. Granted this was between 1985 - 2000, and 244 - 2005.
Another example was my time spent on a tugboat. During the year and a half I saw just a couple of women on ships and tugboats. I could probably count on two hands the number of women I saw in that year and a half.
With so much attention on income inequality, we would think women would be beating the doors of trade schools, yet less than 10% of manual labor jobs are held by women.
I spent 15 years working in a wide range of welding shops. In those 15 years I worked with one woman welder. Granted this was between 1985 - 2000, and 244 - 2005.
Another example was my time spent on a tugboat. During the year and a half I saw just a couple of women on ships and tugboats. I could probably count on two hands the number of women I saw in that year and a half.