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I tend not to get involved in issues as complex as this becaue it's too time consuming to put my thoughts into writing (I graduated school already; I'm done with that shit!) and respond to other people's counter-points, but I have noticed this to some degree.
I'm a subcontractor (General Contracting). My boss and coworkers are all male. I have NEVER met a female construction worker (although I did hear of ONE). We had a ton of business in early '08. Then the shit hit the fan. People lost money. No one wanted to pay us to fix their houses. I worked less than fifteen days in february and march. We were one of the busiest companies in that time span, so that should give you an idea of how bad off things were in trades.
Then the Jeep factory starting laying off "workers". Suddenly there's an influx of know-nothing slackass union communists trying to become tradesmen. They thought they could buy a ladder, a five dollar brush, and badabing, they're a painter. So people hire those douchebags because they're so cheap, meaning us REAL tradesmen don't get work. They're bad at their "job", which makes us all look bad, further damaging the industry.
Well, that's enough ranting for one night.
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