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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by dghlsakjg on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @12:49PM (#42066190)
Sorry, without some sort of data I’m refusing to believe that social adeptness has anything to do with ability to act in an emergency or other high pressure situation.

My own experience in tall ships and shipyards, where there are plenty of life and death decisions is not that.

There are people that I can fluster easily in a social situation that are perfectly calm and capable in high pressure dangerous situations. There are people that are practically insult comedians that I wouldn’t want driving a car in the same parking lot.

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Re:Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a profe... by notahacker on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @02:15PM (#42067720)
Not to mention that people doing boring, safe jobs behave like that too. Trust me, when I have the banter with my friends in the pub, I'm really not evaluating whether I can rely on their accountancy or web design to save my life

What actually seems to be the common factor is male groups in informal settings

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