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 RHSeeger on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @11:55AM (#42065186)

My guess would be that it's less about "position of power" and more about "less likely to face consequences". You see the same type of behavior in a variety of cases

- Construction workers hooting and whistling at women

- Gamers online being horrible to _everyone_

- Managers (as noted) sexually harassing employees

All cases were consequences for behaving badly are far less likely.

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by UniverseHacker on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @04:28PM (#42069705)

What is power, if not the ability to do what you want without facing consequences? If other people already support you or are indifferent, no power is needed to do what you want.

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by RHSeeger on Thursday November 07, 2024 @08:24AM (#42076432)

I guess it's a matter of how you look at it. To me, power is one way to avoid consequences, and anonymity is another. From the way you're phrasing things, anonymity is a kind of power, because it lets you avoid consequences. Both views are reasonable.

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