I’ve met female taxi drivers, female security guards, one female builder even, but I’ve never met a “garbage woman”. Maybe the nasty smell is just too potent? Women do have very strong noses. 🤔
By replying “And now you have” to a comment of someone saying “I’ve never seen a garbagewoman” you implied that you were a garbagewoman, so they thanked you for your service in waste disposal?
They exist, I lady a garbage lady for a while. My sister in law is head of collections for a large city. She doesn’t actually touch the garbage though.
I’ve seen a couple in the UK. Driving the trucks and loading garbage bins onto the truck. Here they don’t have to carry the garbage, they roll the bin into position behind the truck. Still physically demanding, but not quite like carrying heavy garbage bags all day.
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.
I’ve met female taxi drivers, female security guards, one female builder even, but I’ve never met a “garbage woman”. Maybe the nasty smell is just too potent? Women do have very strong noses. 🤔
And now you have
Stay strong and thank you for your service! 🫶
What service
By replying “And now you have” to a comment of someone saying “I’ve never seen a garbagewoman” you implied that you were a garbagewoman, so they thanked you for your service in waste disposal?
Sorry misunderstanding I’m a garbage woman not a garbagewoman
I see! Stay strong and thank you for your service! 🫶
You wouldn’t find the others a few decades ago and people came up with reasons why. Turns out they were wrong so maybe your reason is wrong as well.
I’ve met a garbage woman once. She didn’t work in waste disposal though.
Most of us dont
They exist, I lady a garbage lady for a while. My sister in law is head of collections for a large city. She doesn’t actually touch the garbage though.
I’ve seen a couple in the UK. Driving the trucks and loading garbage bins onto the truck. Here they don’t have to carry the garbage, they roll the bin into position behind the truck. Still physically demanding, but not quite like carrying heavy garbage bags all day.
I think I have seen once in Belgium or somewhere in western Europe.
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
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.