Where do I stand if we seperate, not married but have children together

ViolaLass

davidwood123 wrote: »

97% of workplace deaths are men. Let's make it 50/50

Then you want to see, for example, more women in construction work, typically a male-dominated environment. You might want to think about why women aren't choosing that work (and no, it's not simply because they're choosing to avoid danger - because surely men would do that too).

Guest101

ViolaLass wrote: »

Then you want to see, for example, more women in construction work, typically a male-dominated environment. You might want to think about why women aren't choosing that work (and no, it's not simply because they're choosing to avoid danger - because surely men would do that too).

There's actually a very complex set of reasons, some biological / physical, some social etc.


Construction work has been typically physical, which tends to favour men, who were in the past expected to provide for their family, while wife stayed at home. The jobs paid well and for many with limited qualifications were a way out - ie they had little other choice.


It's no different to male nurses.


Things are progressing, more women work in the construction sector now than in the past. And Health and Safety has made things safer.


Social reasons do come into it, humans are programmed to try attract a mate. Behaviour which threatens this is often unappealing. The body positive movement is good example.


Absolutely, women should not be compelled to be stick thin (which is unhealthy anyway), but the repercussion of that is simply thus: larger people are less attractive, it's therefore harder to find a mate. So when people say society pressures people into conforming to a typecast, it's true, but it's true because we're programmed that way.


In relation to employment, men and women tend to, in the majority, stick to pre-defined roles.


Health and social care is women dominated, in part due to what is often a more emotional and caring way of thinking; Men dominate more physical jobs, in part due to physical capability, but also because often men underachieve educationally. When someone enters the opposite field, it's seen as odd behaviour, which is less attractive to the majority


Obviously we all work workplace related deaths to be zero.