There is an inherent sexism in construction signage. This was taken on a walk the other day in the Upper West Side of NYC. We pass signs like this all the time without hesitating to wonder about them.
After many years, the construction industry has begun to stop excluding women from its workforce although the signage seems to
fall short of this change. What are the repercussions of such signage? It becomes a known...something that we walk past without acknowledging. It becomes complacently accepted.
From the site, workforceofwomen.org, an almost identical sign was seen and posted about in Washington DC, saying the following, "Springtime is peak tourist season in Washington, DC, and people from across the country and the world flock to see the capitol of a free and progressive society. Unfortunately, these Men Working signs do not reflect the U.S. ideal of freedom and equality, and it would make our nation look much better if these sexist signs changed."
I couldn't agree more.
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