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Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one

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254 points Michelangelo11 | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 00:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.332s | source
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cynicalsecurity ◴[06 Nov 24 14:53 UTC] No.42063209[source]▶
> You’re better looking than the guy I talked to before.” Such harassment remains common for tradeswomen...

This is not harassment.

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alwa ◴[06 Nov 24 14:58 UTC] No.42063290[source]▶
Why should somebody’s attractiveness or looks be part of a “I need stuff welded” conversation at all?
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1. mhb ◴[06 Nov 24 15:18 UTC] No.42063631[source]▶
Because people interact? Offensiveness is not "harassment".