Women are in the labor force to earn some extra spending money . Women and men are represented equally in most occupations . Jobs in which women are traditionally employed pay salaries comparable to jobs in which men are traditionally employed . Blue-collar work or heavy, physical labor is nontraditional for women . Women are not strong enough to do heavy labor .
Nontraditional jobs are too dirty, noisy and dangerous for women .
A woman's place is in the home, not on a construction site . Women won't like trade work . Married women who have husbands to support them should stay home and leave the good paying jobs for men . Women will lose their femininity if they work in a trade . Women do not have the mechanical or mathematical aptitude for skilled trade work .