imagine thinking nail polish is a gendered thing. unnecessary shiny adornment has no gender, if anything it’s more crow than human
Nail polish itself isn’t gendered, but most people who work with their hands for a living don’t want to spend money so flippantly on an ornament, that’s going to be destroyed by the work being done.
You’re not wrong about nail polish not being gendered, but most careers in said trades are usually dominated by men, unopposed.
Imagine thinking that there’s no issue with an unbalanced workforce
You plan on signing up for a craftsmen trade?
Howmany women do you se becoming plumbers? Electricians? Framers? Masonaries?
You don’t. Because it’s not a sold easy job, it’s serious work that almost no one wants to do.
I’m not say I take no issues with an unbalanced workforce, it’s that no one takes issue with an unbalanced work force.
When was the last time you say a push for more women in septic tank repair?
Hey guys this just in, women aren’t interested in
Serious Manly Work
they prefer the
Easy Feminine Jobs
Non-binary people prefer not to work at all and just drift through reality avoiding all jobs
CAN CONFIRM
Fun fact: my dad actively tried to push me to become a Plummer (he was a bricky and mason by trade) because he said there was shit ton of money for women in those types of male dominated trades. After all no woman home alone really wants a random guy to come into their house and do repairs.
Now I chose not to persue that, not to keep my nail polish clean but because I’m a more academic than practical person…
My little sister however, has just started her own ‘handyman’ business and is making a killing because my dad was right and all of her customers are women who don’t want a scary guy in the house. She has Plummed in bathrooms, refit kitchens, torn down walls, replastered buildings, and yes…unclogged pipes.
She also has the fanciest nails I’ve ever seen.
So much love for your sister!
It reminds me oh the lady who started a mechanic shop where all the mechanics were ladies. And they had a nail salon inside so that the ladies had stuff to do while they waited.
if i wasn’t non-binary and drifting through reality i would absolutely become a plumber
Yes, people who do manual labour often don’t want to wear nail polish.
Floristry is one of those; florists tend not to wear nail polish.
Also, a predominantly female workforce.
But I do know several women florists who have absolutely amazing nails.
See these? I wore these while working on a construction site. I had my hands in all kinds of shit for much of the three weeks I had this design. I used various tools, opened boxes with them, prised apart joinery, faffed about getting various bits of equipment to work and then washed them umpteen times in crappy construction site soap (none of your nice moisturising stuff).
Plus I can type, use them as tweezers, thread needles, open cans, write with a fine pen, and claw someone’s fucking eyes out with them.
The idea that they are a “jewel not a tool” is bullshit. If I can’t work with my nails fancy, I wouldn’t be able to have fancy nails.
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