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The reality is most trades have been dominated by males. In all the years I worked in an Engineering department there were very few women in the profession. In more recent years there were as many as 6 women in our department of 80+ positions. Visiting our local UW campus I now see as many if not more female engineering students than males. I am also now seeing more female welders, and plumbers, but in our area the millwright and machinist trades still seem to be male dominated.
As an FYI fortunately things are changing. In recent months we've unfortunately had a few visits to emergency rooms, and veterinary hospitals. Contrary to tradition we've seen far more female veterinary instructors, surgeons, and students than males. Our observation has been that less than 30% of the staff and students are male. On the other hand we've seen a huge influx of male nurses in hospitals. On our recent visits more than half the nurses were male.
