Just A Reminder That There’s No Such Thing As “Men’s Work” or “Women’s Work”
Some professions that have been traditionally male (and white male, at that) are changing right in front of us. Here’s a woman who loves what she does every day as a Massachusetts ironworker.
Source: Upworthy
“This same social pattern influences salary expectations. A 2011 survey showed that long before they even hit the workforce, teenage girls expect lower starting pay than teenage boys. And this trend continues throughout college where a 2010 study revealed that women’s expected peak-pay expectations were 33 percent lower than men’s.”
- Sheryl Sandberg on the gender wage gap
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