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TED Talks: Learning from dirty jobs (Original Post) Major Nikon Nov 2013 OP
Why is this posted in Men's Group? NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #1
Because I believe it to be of interest to men, which doesn't mean it wouldn't be to women Major Nikon Nov 2013 #3
If the work is strenuous, dangerous, unsanitary or involves toxins, it's probably dominated by men. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #4
+1. Bonobo Nov 2013 #5
My reasons for posting it here were not to be divisive Major Nikon Nov 2013 #6
Loved it libodem Nov 2013 #2
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. Why is this posted in Men's Group?
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 02:51 PM
Nov 2013

Just wondering....

Not a single one of these jobs, and nothing that I've ever heard from my friend Mike Rowe has been gender specific.

Would love to see this crossposted in GD.

www.mikeroweworks.com

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Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)
3. Because I believe it to be of interest to men, which doesn't mean it wouldn't be to women
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 03:03 PM
Nov 2013

I'm not so sure we don't have more female readers anyway. With 144 subscribers and nowhere near that many contributors, one can only speculate.

If you want to crosspost this or any other of my OPs in the MG, please feel free. It's not going to hurt my feelings.

 

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)
4. If the work is strenuous, dangerous, unsanitary or involves toxins, it's probably dominated by men.
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 06:46 PM
Nov 2013

It is silly to pretend that the reality is something else.

Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
5. +1.
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 08:07 PM
Nov 2013

It is the flip side of the "porn" discussion.

It is men who have always -and still do- bear the brunt of the back-breaking, degrading labor.

And for those women who wish to bring up hotel maids or waitresses, let me say that I am not denying that many women perform difficult labor. Having said that, across the world, I venture to guess that it is the men who perform such labor by a much higher proportion.

Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)
6. My reasons for posting it here were not to be divisive
Sat Nov 30, 2013, 09:18 PM
Nov 2013

I just don't post that many OPs in GD and for subjects that I think warrant serious discussion I prefer to post here. There's no shortage of women who engage in hard labor that is degraded by society. I think the impact is disparate to men at the extremes of the things you mentioned, but by no means unique. I value the labor of women and men and I think we'd have a much better society if more people did as well. Most of Europe is way ahead of us on this.

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