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[goggles99]

Did anyone stop to think that woman generally just have differing interests and natural skills than men? Why is there so much emphasis on women being the same as men in everything? I don't see campaigns to get more women interested in auto repair or plumbing.

[tonyarkles → goggles99]

Here's a screen shot from my local trade school. http://cl.ly/image/3b1J3H2a0q0P http://gosiast.com/programs-and-courses/programs/Automotive-...

Here's another (didn't take a screenshot): http://gosiast.com/programs-and-courses/programs/Carpentry.a...

But just in case you're thinking that they just used pictures of women for all of the industrial trades, here's a few more: http://gosiast.com/programs-and-courses/programs/Refrigerati... http://gosiast.com/programs-and-courses/programs/Industrial-...

Here's a screen shot from the industrial apprentice website. http://cl.ly/image/3g093I0I3T3A. That's a rotating carousel of images; the majority of the images in it are men, but there are two women.

[DanBC → goggles99]

Every fucking time someone mentions the plumbing or the nursing or the construction industries.

[yapcguy → goggles99]

Exactly.

Nor any campaigns for unisex sports teams.