[spokeshave]

I mean, really, why are there not more female moving men? Asphalt workers

Here is a 61 year old fluids technician who started as a roughneck on a drilling rig

"I imagine things are different today. I started roughnecking in 1976. I haven’t worked in the industry steadily, since there’s a boom-and-bust aspect to it. Probably I’ve been 20 years in the industry. It’s strictly been in the drilling end of it. Not production or exploration."

More at I imagine things are different today. I started roughnecking in 1976. I haven’t worked in the industry steadily, since there’s a boom-and-bust aspect to it. Probably I’ve been 20 years in the industry. It’s strictly been in the drilling end of it. Not production or exploration.

More at: http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/10/07/essay-life-as-a-female-roughneck/#4168-2

[central_va]

I worked construction steady in college and a few years out of college part time. In the dozens of constructions sites I worked I NEVER SAW ONE WOMAN WORKING AT ANY OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES. NOT ONE, EVER.