And as for trying to work as a contractor...my wife was a fully qualified electrician. Hardly did any work on sites and in mainstream contracting because the culture was so hostile. She ended up self employed as a single and specialising (by accident, via word of mouth recommendations) in domestic electricals, doing jobs for lots of elder women living alone who preferred female tradespeople in their homes. Back in the 80s, UK had a great organisation, WIM, aimed at training and encouraging women into manual trades. But it didn't know what those people would face once they tried to enter the blue collar workforce. Fuck all those stooooopid binaries and unfounded assumptions!
Thank you for sharing, Caroline. I’ve heard similar stories in the US before. It’s so unfair and so fucked up!!
I’ve desperately been trying to find women or gender nonconforming or non binary folks to work on our house or garden for years without any luck. I’m always stuck having to deal with exhausting (often incompetent) sexist and lesbophobic cis dudes.
I wish there was a queer directory to hire our people!
And as for trying to work as a contractor...my wife was a fully qualified electrician. Hardly did any work on sites and in mainstream contracting because the culture was so hostile. She ended up self employed as a single and specialising (by accident, via word of mouth recommendations) in domestic electricals, doing jobs for lots of elder women living alone who preferred female tradespeople in their homes. Back in the 80s, UK had a great organisation, WIM, aimed at training and encouraging women into manual trades. But it didn't know what those people would face once they tried to enter the blue collar workforce. Fuck all those stooooopid binaries and unfounded assumptions!
Thank you for sharing, Caroline. I’ve heard similar stories in the US before. It’s so unfair and so fucked up!!
I’ve desperately been trying to find women or gender nonconforming or non binary folks to work on our house or garden for years without any luck. I’m always stuck having to deal with exhausting (often incompetent) sexist and lesbophobic cis dudes.
I wish there was a queer directory to hire our people!