BarbarianElephant posted:

In a male-dominated trade, managers tend to start assuming that workers don't have wombs. So they set it up so it's hard to do the job if you are a primary caregiver to children. Think of the video game industry - crunch time and the culture of hanging out, doing nerd stuff after hours, make it really hard for a mother to be really part of the team. If there were a lot of women on the team, people would start to remember that kids exist. Female-dominated industries tend to have more of a "we leave on the dot of five" culture, not because women are lazy, but because daycares close at 6pm. This would be a bit of a culture change for many male-dominated industries, which have a sort of vibe that clocking out is for wimps who need more coffee.