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Bonobo

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5. +1.

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 09:07 PM

Nov 2013

It is the flip side of the "porn" discussion.

It is men who have always -and still do- bear the brunt of the back-breaking, degrading labor.

And for those women who wish to bring up hotel maids or waitresses, let me say that I am not denying that many women perform difficult labor. Having said that, across the world, I venture to guess that it is the men who perform such labor by a much higher proportion.

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TED Talks: Learning from dirty jobs [View all] Major Nikon Nov 2013 OP

Why is this posted in Men's Group? NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #1

Because I believe it to be of interest to men, which doesn't mean it wouldn't be to women Major Nikon Nov 2013 #3

If the work is strenuous, dangerous, unsanitary or involves toxins, it's probably dominated by men. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #4

+1. Bonobo Nov 2013 #5

My reasons for posting it here were not to be divisive Major Nikon Nov 2013 #6

Loved it libodem Nov 2013 #2