> like plumbing or climbing telephone poles. People just won't accept that women can also do that.
You sure about that? Or is it that the majority of women don't see themselves unclogging toilets for a living? I have never seen it, but I would suspect list of female applications to plumbing or electrician school is very very short.
I do not necessarily agree with the original post’s statement but this response seems confused to me.
Few female applicants to trade schools is consistent with the original statement. If it is societally unacceptable for a woman to be a plumber then I would expect women to act as any rational agent and factor this in when planning their future career.
You are sort of skimming over actual need for actual physical strength in those field. But yes, these are assumed to be boys occupation - including when presented to children.
But like, given they require physical strength, it is hard to make a big deal about it.
