H LV <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This seems like an appropriate moment to bring up an important and > neglected men's issue. In the US, men comprise 93% of workplace deaths. > I do not think this has anything to do with a bias against men. It is a bias against women working in certain industries. The two most dangerous jobs in the U.S. are working on fishing boats, and working as a nighttime gas station or convenience store cashier. Other dangerous jobs include things like working in mines, heavy industry, slaughterhouses, building trades and so on. People I know who have been in building trades for decades all have scars to show for it, and most of them have seen people maimed or killed. Women seldom work on fishing boats, or in heavy industry, mining etc. It takes a very strong person to work on a fishing boat. Women on average are somewhat less strong than men so you would not expect to see as many women on fishing boats even if there were no bias and even if it were not awkward for them to be crammed into small boats for weeks. Modern industry is nowhere near as dangerous as it used to be. In the 1930s, my father was a fireman in the merchant marine, shipping out of New York to South America. He said there was not one voyage where he did not see someone at the docks killed or maimed. He himself was maimed after 6 years, nearly losing his life. His arm was crushed. It kept him out of combat in WWII, so I guess in a sense it saved his life. The ship he was on is now at the bottom of the Atlantic, sunk by a German U Boat. He would have gone down with it. - Jed
