Women's business: women in men's professions

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Ask any man what a woman should do, and at best he will answer: sorting through pieces of paper in the office, and at worst - sitting at home and washing, ironing and cooking all day. But we are not so simple and do not agree to play secondary roles all our lives. For us women, give leadership positions and equality in professions that at first glance seem exclusively masculine. That is why the weaker sex so actively steps on the heels of the strong and successfully masters one by one non-female crafts.

It is believed that women are overly emotional and physically weak. Like, we have nothing to do where strength, poise and talent of a leader are required. Politics, construction, aviation, law enforcement, the oil and gas industries - in these industries only men can work productively, and women can only humbly wait for them at home with a ready-made dinner. Basically, of course, this is the case in most families, but the rule would not be the rule if there were not a few interesting exceptions.

Female - taxi driver

Today we are not surprised to see a woman behind the wheel of a checkered car, but a few decades ago it was difficult to imagine that not a man, but a beautiful lady would come to the call. A pioneer in the non-female profession was the German Elisabeth von Papp, who in 1908 got behind the wheel of an open Adler car and demonstrated to her astonished compatriots that women can maneuver along busy Berlin roads just as well as men. By the way, Elisabeth took the issue seriously and graduated from the Berlin Taxi Driver School. Today, women on the road are no longer “monkeys with a grenade,” and many of them can put even the most self-confident men in their belts. What makes beautiful ladies sit at the wheel? By no means a hard part, as many passengers think. Some people just like this profession, and they do not need another. By the way, in large cities of our country, special taxi services are increasingly appearing, in which only women can work as drivers. This is such a "male profession".

Woman bullfighter

What is really hard to imagine is a bullfight, during which a fragile woman enters the arena against a ferocious bull. At first glance, it may seem that this is the beginning of some fantastic story, but in reality everything is much simpler: there really are women bullfighters. Moreover, for Spain and Portugal this is a common thing. In the homeland of bullfighting, the fairer sex is very fond of indulging in the "dance of death" with an angry animal. But here's what is interesting: our country also "noted" in the history of female bullfighting, giving the world the first and so far the only Russian woman-bullfighter, Lydia Artamonova.

Pilot woman

Amelia Earhart

Contrary to popular belief, not only a man can sit at the helm of an airplane. Women also excel in the role of pilots. Take, for example, the American Amelia Earhart, the 16th woman, who received a pilot's license and in 1928 was the first to fly over the Atlantic Ocean. Also, Amelia set a world record for her time: the first of the female pilots to climb to an altitude of 14,000 feet (about 4300 m). Later, the American wrote several books about her flights, which became bestsellers, and took part in the formation of the organization of women pilots called "Ninety-nine". Not surprisingly, it was Amelia who was elected as its first president. As for our country, the first certified Russian woman pilot was Lydia Zvereva, the daughter of General Vissarion Lebedev. This fragile, but resolute and courageous woman was able to perform Nesterov's loop, as well as Artseulov's corkscrew and a dive with the engine turned off. And can you say after that that women are the weaker sex?

Female - captain of a sea vessel

Anna Shchetinina and Valentina Tereshkova

A woman on a ship - to trouble? No matter how it is! If some of the fair sex once did not decide to connect their lives with sailing, then humanity would lose many excellent, talented captains. Serving women was allowed only at the end of the 20th century, and the young ladies briskly began to build a career in such a non-feminine profession. It warms my soul that our compatriot Anna Shchetinina became the world's first woman-captain of long voyages, and at the time of receiving the title, Anna Ivanovna was only 27 years old. Most men never dreamed of this.

Blacksmith woman

Cal Lane

How do you imagine the masters of blacksmithing? Surely the imagination draws strong, pumped up men, whose biceps cannot be grasped with two hands. But in the modern world, fragile, "weak" women also take up the sledgehammer. Well, like a sledgehammer … Technologies in the 21st century allow blacksmiths not to strain as they used to, so sometimes plasma cutting is enough. It is with her help that the famous American Cal Lane "weaves" metal lace and creates panels, shovels, carts, various installations and icons. But once the master, who today is called the Iron Art Lady, was a simple hairdresser. This is how the lady was retrained from a typically female profession into a male one.