[annexrichmond]

75% of teachers are women; 84% of nurses are women; 82% of vets are women; 90% of landscapers are men; 88% of truckers are men; 88% of miners are men; 97% of loggers are men;

48% of newspaper publishers are women; 42% of pharmacists are women; 47% of real estate agents are women;

27% of "Computer systems design and related services" are women

Okay, so CS-related jobs clearly are far from the worse in terms of gender ratio. Don't hear much about inherent sexism in other industries. I'm not convinced that this industry is inherently more or less sexist than others, which is why I included some jobs where it's actually close to 50%.

Also, you can't just compare to the general population, because you simply aren't hiring from the general population, as you are hiring people with a specific skillset. That is why many low skilled jobs that aren't labor-intensive are close to 50%

Statistics are from: https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat18.htm

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[abalone]

> 75% of teachers are women; 84% of nurses are women...

> Don't hear much about inherent sexism in other industries.

You should listen more.[1][2]

[1] https://sites.psu.edu/civic/2017/02/14/gender-discrimination...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/sunday-review/why-dont-mo...

[annexrichmond]

glad you brought those up. Sexism can indeed happen anywhere. No one is saying it doesn't happen (I hope)

However it's not conclusive whether sexism towards men or sexism towards women has made the ratios the way they are. Surely it's some factor, but how much?

Many professions that used to be nearly 100% male are now more than 50% women, while some that used to be nearly 100% has stayed well below 50% women. Why is that? Sexism doesn't explain it for me because that implies people in some professions are inherently more sexist than others and I'm not convinced of that

[abalone]

Look, you seem earnest here. It’s really not a big mystery. Generally, lower paying more menial jobs have been “women’s work” while men have monopolized the higher paying jobs. There are exceptions, status is a factor as well, but generally men have worked together as a class to monopolize the most desirable work. Same for white people. Look for money and status and you’ll find a fairly strong pattern across industries.