• thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    i assume it’s because it’s a job that requires a lot of manual labor something that would be hard for most woman since weaker muscles

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      Endurance tasks tend to be more suited towards women and you are supposed to not overload your garbage bins. Woman can be tough and a lot of men aren’t. I would expect stigma and expectations to be a bigger driver of gender imbalance.

      A lot of people do report increased sensitivity to smell when switching to an estrogen dominated hormone balance, so there is that.