During the World Wars, women left the comfort of their homes to seek a place in the workforce. It wasn’t easy and for the most part it wasn’t accepted. However, over the years, women have slowly traded in the stereotypical ‘house wife’ position for a place in cooperate offices, factories, and other male dominated workplaces.
Corresponding to statistics released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, numerous occupations once dominated by men are now being dominated in great numbers by women workers.
Traditional jobs have been handled by either female workers or male workers for decades. For example, most nursing jobs are held by women and most construction work jobs are held by men. With changing times, the ratio of men to women in these positions has equalized.
Traditionally male-dominated occupations seeing increases in female workers include:
Automobile body and related repairers, which had a 369 percent increase of female workers since 1983, police detectives and supervisors (360 percent increase), millwrights (315 percent increase), civil engineers (196 percent increase), automobile mechanics (177 percent increase), firefighting occupations (174 percent increase), and airplane pilots and navigators (167 percent increase).
The reason for this increase in female representation in these jobs is that there is a place for women in the workforce again. Family life is being put on hold so that more women can get a stable career to support themselves. The rise of women in the workforce gave birth to the daycare industry. Today websites like Daycare Toronto exist to help married women, as well as single moms who are trying to support their children while working to earn a stable income and a standard work schedule. These roles are very important to American society, and women who work in these roles are successful and regarded highly.
It is difficult to balance raising and supporting a family and a demanding job, but women have proven themselves and are entitled to hold the same positions as men while receiving the same wages.
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