The Unusual Want: Should More Women Join Construction?

The Unusual Want During high school, I took a school program that most students didn’t know about. When I walked into the class, I soon realized that I was the only girl. Without any idea of mind, I was in a Machining course that I would be in for two years. When senior year came, a new career path sparked into my mind that was completely opposite. Most people that have gone through high school, or are going through high school have various ideas about the future. I thought I was the lucky one and found mine right away but I realized that my views and ideas changed. I started getting interested in the Construction industry but a million questions came into my head. Should more women join Construction? To start this long process off, I simply went to google and asked the point blank question. I wanted to get a good source to go off of, so I found the most recent one called “Why Construction is a Great Career for Women”. This author, Amanda Collins, interviewed Crystal, who has been a project manager
I looked up an article, but this time by a man. His name was Tyler, and he has been in the construction industry for many years. His article was called “Is it time for more woman in the construction industry?” He states “It is obvious that woman would benefit the construction industry.” (Tyler). He explains that gender roles are taught at a very young age and it is in everyones nature to act the way they were raised. He brings up a very depressing point of why many women drop out of the career. He states “Also, sexual harassment of female colleagues is an issue that is often overlooked.” (Tyler). Tyler brought a smile to my face as I read this article but at the same time he has a very valid point. Something I had never really thought about. He made me realize why 88% of women drop out. At the same time he made me realize the answer to the question I was trying to