Even adjusted for maternity and career entry/exit differences, the gender pay gap is still big and real. And while there is overlap and outliers, many more women-dominated industries are at lower pay segments (and with fewer benefits) than industries dominated by men.
Also worth noting that several studies have shown pay differentials to be highly correlated with women being less likely to negotiate compensation or ask for less.
Do you think your comment was any of those things?
Why are you free from the bounds of courtesy, but fall back on them the moment someone responds in kind?
Do you really believe that women cannot arc weld?
Do you really believe that women cannot scuba dive?
Do you really believe that women cannot lift 25kg or take out the trash?
If you do, then it's rather unkind and incurious to cast half of the human population as so fundamentally incapable, and you should bring evidence to support your assertion.
If you don't actually believe it, then the substance of your comment is unkind snark, no?
Your original comment is just a warmed-over version of "women wouldn't last a day in a real man job"
We've been hearing that repeated ad infinitum as women have continued to prove the assertion wrong.
For the record though, I don't think anyone should do a job that has a 1/15 fatality rate. Men shouldn't be cannon fodder either.
Next you'll be telling me that male US farmers roll up several thousand yards of fencing by hand to move it rather than have female jillaroos spool it up on a hydraulic spindle.
Underwater welding does pay extremely well. But to break into that field needs a commercial diving license and lots of time/skill at saturation diving. Basically, it is easier to train a diver to weld than it is to teach a welder to be a commercial diver. Many (US) entrants are ex-SEAL. There's about 20-25k such people worldwide and the death rate is about 1 in 15. Career ending injuries are about the same. If you need nightmare fuel: "Byford Dolphin".
The article is pretty clear, Women are getting most of the new jobs because they're in fields that Men largely don't try to enter (ex. Teaching).
Like whats the big initiative to increase the amount of Women with a Masters of Education? I've heard of a bunch for STEM but Men still dominate that field but that field is growing slower than other Women dominated ones so it's a non-sequitor.
Even adjusted for maternity and career entry/exit differences, the gender pay gap is still big and real. And while there is overlap and outliers, many more women-dominated industries are at lower pay segments (and with fewer benefits) than industries dominated by men.