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Do a Google search on "IT needs more women", make a mental note of the number of hits you get, and then do a search on "Plumbing needs more women". Please repor
by factorial 14y ago
Do a Google search on "IT needs more women", make a mental note of the number of hits you get, and then do a search on "Plumbing needs more women". Please report back which number is bigger. For extra credit, calculate by which factor the first claim is more often made online.
- lomegor 14y agoOh, I'm sorry, when you said "only" on your first post I thought you meant "only", not "more". But of course people are more interested on getting children interested in engineering. I don't see your point. Do you want your kids to be plumbers making a minimum salary and having unstable jobs?
- factorial 14y agoYou'd be surprised how much money plumbers make. Check this out: "Americans want and need working pipes, just like they want and need their trash collected every few days — sanitation being another service always in demand by consumers and not always in demand by job-seekers, and typically pretty well paying as a result. That said, a plumber's earnings vary widely depending on the region in which they work and whether a plumber owns a business that employs others. Journeymen in cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston are in higher demand and command higher prices — up to about $250,000 a year."[1] It's a respectable profession that pays well. Yet, it apparently enjoys lower status than software engineering, which is why feminists don't claim that plumbing needs more women. Do you know see how disreputable this argument is? The feminists are about the status of office jobs, and couldn't care less about equality. [1]http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1851673,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1851673,00.ht...