[xevb3k]

I guess the parent comment has been edited, because this comment seems to come out of the blue in relation to what the current parent comment says.

My personal opinion is that if you’re going to make statements like this you should back them up.

As a counter example, being a police officer would I imagine not be considered the safest of jobs. But 30% of police officers in the UK are women, and the number is steadily rising:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-workforce-...

[jdietrich]

>As a counter example, being a police officer would I imagine not be considered the safest of jobs.

It isn't particularly dangerous in the UK. There were no officers killed in the line of duty in 2016, 2014, 2011, 2010 and 2008. Police officers have a relatively high risk of being the victim of an assault, but they're far less likely to be killed or seriously injured at work than workers in agriculture, construction, civil engineering, motor vehicle repair or waste management.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/tables/index.htm

[mason55]

The parent originally said

Why is this almost always a male occupation? Are women systematically excluded?

[oh_sigh]

A better example would be a dangerous job where women are overrepresented, not underrepresented.

[xevb3k]

The number is steadily rising, and I’d expect it to be historically lower so it’s not unexpected.

However, I’m not making any strong assertion one way or the other. The parent I was replying to effective said “it’s because men and women are different” without providing any evidence whatsoever.