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[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've met plenty of women employed in trades and manual work for whom the misogyny and likelihood of assault from their male counterparts was and still is absolutely a barrier to their equal participation.

[–] spacecadet@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Name them? It’s easy to provide anecdotal evidence. I let tons of women who don’t go into trades because they think it’s lowly work for dumb expendable men.