Oregon Tradeswomen video featuring Inside and Low Voltage electricians in Portland, Oregon talking about their work. Go to www.tradeswomen.net for more info. Videography by Dawn Jones
Thank you for posting this! I'm deciding what career I want to pursue and the trades are intriguing to me because they are hands on and well paid for the most part. It's frustrating to be regarded as "the second sex" so it's really inspiring to see women working and succeeding at a skilled profession that is overwhelmingly seen as a "man's job". These skills are so practical and I would love to become proficient in my own ability to build structures that will be used by people.
Love seeing the perspectives of these women in the trades! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos. It is greatly appreciated by those of us who are serious about getting into the trades.
To address the claims of those who think women can't do this. It's not so much that women can't do it, as they never wanted to do, because they never had to; and thus never thought to. It's doable within a very narrow and limited scope, see the stats at 5:40 here, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-b9EP26f7bfw.htmlm40s . Note that the highest numbers are in the easier, cleaner, less dangerous trade crafts with higher opportunities for indoor/sheltered work.
@Rafael Acosta True. I did wonder, but not anymore. It's clear to me that equality of opportunity and choice under the law does not have to mean _sameness_ . That men and women are not the same is fine by me.
@@drehernandez8081 lol it doesn't matter. You work union you get paid peanuts while waiting for your apprenticeship to end and finish school in 4 years. You go non union and you fight your boss daily to learn the trade and get paid peanuts for 4 years. Fuck the trades, call me when wages raise
