A Woman’s Lifetime Earnings Lost To Pay Gap Could Feed A Family Of Four For 37 Years

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89. How did "traditional mens jobs" become that?

At one time, almost all outside-the-home jobs were men's jobs, right?

What has occurred is that men have been displaced from most of the jobs that don't require
1) significant workplace hazards
2) lots of physical strength
3) major ethical compromises
4) higher math, analytic and spatial relationship aptitude
5) a dirty, cold or rainy workplace

If the money were the same, both men and women have an interest in accounting, so there are two applicants for every one applicant for a position as a mechanic. It's unsurprising that careers for which there is a bigger supply of labor are the ones which have reduced wages.

My nephew is a RN. He makes a very good living... by accepting all the overtime available to him and filling in for his co workers.

If the problem is that the occupation of teachers aid and garbage collector have different wages, then the problem is irresolvable without more women becoming garbage collectors, because there is a smaller pool of people willing and able to do that job, and the turnover in the job is greater because those who do, have a short career before inevitable injury renders them disabled.