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

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291 points Michelangelo11 | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 00:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.448s | source
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ggm ◴[06 Nov 24 18:15 UTC] No.42066646[source]▶
Ex Mil will mansplain anything to anyone. It's coded in behaviour. Pretty sure she got some sexism but also, pretty sure some was receiver-sender impedence mismatch and also nongendered "I do this because it's my culture" behaviour.

I agree some of this is class warfare not gender warfare.

Liked the article. Odd to say that of a sad observation of life's iniquities, but it's a good article I think.

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bitcharmer ◴[07 Nov 24 08:22 UTC] No.42074712[source]▶
It's popular and somewhat fashionable these days to be offended at anything, hate men or be racist towards white people. I think she's just trying to tick all the boxes.
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1. ggm ◴[07 Nov 24 08:53 UTC] No.42074907[source]▶
I don't agree at all. The australian experience for women in field work fly-in-fly-out mining is that there is semi constant harrassment from low level nudes in the locker rooms. to invasive approaches and even door busting in the dorms. It's a massive problem. Writing this down to fashion misunderstands the problem. Sorry, but I think you're just wrong.
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