“Female architect here, can confirm there are almost no female construction workers. I mean, there are not that many female architects either but definitely more than in construction.
Intoxicated women were glad to have me when I decided to work bar hours, which was not often. Intoxicated men were often annoying and occasionally handsy,” one woman shared.
“I worked at a university machine shop where it was 15 men and no women. Some administrator was upset about this and forced my manager to hire women as a way to change the stereotype.
“That's true! I don't think I've ever seen a female garbage collector. I was actually interested in going into that field because of recycling, but my parents wanted me to do a more white collar job.