This also contributes to an image of successfully achieved equality between women and men in working life. It further promotes the notion that gender and sexuality do not belong in working life. Those who still dare to oppose gender equality are few and far between. At the same time, gender equality and the related aspect of gender neutrality have led to the avoidance of official conflicts between women and men. This is an understandable aim given the fact that Finnish working communities are rather small.
Harmony nevertheless has a way of hiding actual gendering practices in working life.
It is difficult for both women and men to conceive of forms of gendering in working life because they can even elude verbalization. Events and processes speak for themselves here. T he pronounced segregation between women and men on the labour market undeniably gives rise to inequality which is especially visible in the income gap between the sexes. The segregation of women and men in the working world has at the same time facilitated the development of operational areas that are particular to women. High-skill task environments have arisen for women.