It’s a mans work!

My buddy works for the power company. Sometimes he is outside up on a ladder against a power pole at 3:00 AM with the wind blowing, it’s raining and it’s 30 degrees trying to reconnect power that if he touches it, will vaporize him in a split second. When there is a storm he works 16-hour shifts. He makes really good money! They are hiring ladies! It’s a mans work!

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My other buddy works on a road crew with heavy equipment. In the middle of the summer when it’s close to 100 degrees he is on a vehicle carrying hot asphalt, pouring it to build or repair roads. He makes good money. They are hiring ladies! It’s a mans work!

My buddy from high school is a welder. He works on large building construction. This means you can find him atop 20+ stories buildings welding the framing beams together. They are hiring ladies! It’s a mans work!

My cousin works in a mine. It’s dark, cold, damp, and very noisy from several steam drills going on at the same time. He gets covered from his head to toe with mud and dust every day. Don’t forget handling the explosives. He works 12 to 14 hour days because it takes so long for him to travel to the end of the mine tunnel. He has to wear a filter or a respirator over his face all day in order to breathe. He always has a hard hat and eye protection on. He needs to be prepared for cave-ins and poisonous gasses. He makes good money. They are hiring ladies! It’s a mans work!

I talked to a guy that worked at the city water department. When it’s freezing out and a water utility pipe breaks at 3:00 A.M. they call him out to slosh around in the flowing water trying to fix the pipe. When there is a sewer problem he has to clear it up. This sometimes means going down inside the sewer lines and exploring the problem. There are many types of critters he finds there; rats, snakes, possums, raccoons, and cats. They are hiring ladies! It’s a mans work!

I had my roof done in the middle of a Georgia summer. Up on the roof, it was well over 100 degrees. One guy spent the entire day carrying up 60-pound bundles of shingles up a ladder to the other workers. The others were busy removing and nailing shingle on the hot cloudless day.

You could work on an oil rig. You commonly get covered head to toe with oil within a few minutes of starting your work. You work all day with big, heavy, dangerous moving metal things; drills, chains, giant wrenches; all covered with oil and dirt.

Somewhere there is a guy who works in a shipping port. His job is to clean the holds of Type ST1 chemical tankers, the kind that carries the most dangerous chemical cargo. The ship can be anywhere from one football field to three football fields in length and five stories high. He’ll be dressed up in a rugged hazmat suit and work in the interior of the hold with low lighting and temperatures anywhere from below freezing to over 100 degrees depending on where he is located. He must get every speck of the chemical that was carried cleaned from the hold so it won’t mix with whatever the next cargo is and contaminate it or worse. He works 13-hour shifts because getting suited up and then decontaminated takes time.

I also know a landscaper; he spends most of the day with a shovel in his hands, a bricklayer; he handles tons of bricks every day, and a tree trimmer; they climb hundreds of feet up while carrying a chainsaw and other equipment and cut down trees in chunks weighing tons. There is also garbage pickup, construction people, cement guys, electricians, auto mechanics, HVAC technicians, bug exterminators, animal removal people (rodents, snakes, etc.), septic tank draining, crime scene clean up, and more. They all make good money. They are all hiring ladies! It’s a mans work!

These guys do this to provide a comfortable living for their wives and kids. When he gets home from work he deserves a warm smile and kiss from his wife, a good dinner, and appreciation for the sacrifices he makes to provide his family with a comfortable life.

There are laws requiring men and women to make the same amount for similar jobs, with the same qualifications and experience. Yes, women do file lawsuits against their employers for pay discrimination. 97% of these lawsuits find the employer hasn’t discriminated against the woman.

Article by: Steve Fox