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

Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by wyager on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @12:26AM (#42057355)

If you have this attitude, you aren't cut out to work in the trades

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by mock-possum on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @01:12PM (#42066599)

The trades need to change then. What you and others are so blithely defending in this thread is textbook toxic behavior.

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by wyager on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @03:31PM (#42068875)

What exactly is your plan to achieve this "needed" change?

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by lazyasciiart on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @10:24PM (#42073042)

Ooh, that’s a great shutdown, do you use it when someone brings up male suicide rates too?

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by itsoktocry on Friday November 08, 2024 @08:48PM (#42091955)

Academia and the managerial class are going to lecture blue collar workers from the luxury of their remote offices, same as it ever was.

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by mock-possum on Monday November 11, 2024 @06:15PM (#42111292)

Oh I have no idea, I’m just basically against bigotry and bullying, and basically in favour of kindness and inclusivity.

It’s up to every individual to find the value for themselves, and commit to working on themselves, whatever that looks like.

How about you, what’s your plan?

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by wyager on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @12:31AM (#42113059)

> How about you, what’s your plan?

I can tell you that it doesn't involve condescendingly lecturing blue collar workers about my culture being superior to theirs

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