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\"Carmen<\/a>Got an interesting inquiry through my Facebook page (how many of you are on Facebook?\u00a0 if you are as crazy addicted as I am, go ahead and Friend Me<\/a>!)<\/p>\n

Anyway, a young Canadian Welder named Jen writes:<\/p>\n

I’m a welder as well and would love to talk to other female welders , I’m interested in knowing why women have such a hard time getting work in the trades and also to know how women feel working on job sites and if they feel as thou they are sex objects.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Took me awhile to compose an answer.\u00a0 It’s always hard for me to admit that I myself do not weld.\u00a0 While my job at Arc-Zone.com<\/a> (in sales and marketing) does not require me to weld, I do need to understand the industry, the products and listen to the concerns of people in the industry.\u00a0 And let me tell you, fabricators are an interesting group of people (more on that later).<\/p>\n

Also, I’m not sure I agree with her. Maybe I’m a bit of a pollyanna, or maybe I’m naive (you can tell me what you think). And so, here is my reply:<\/p>\n

First off, I myself am not a welder..\u00a0\u00a0 I write about welders for my job and have taken a special interest in women welders, as I am a woman.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure I agree with you regarding women having a\u00a0 hard time getting work in the trades.\u00a0 I do believe that it may be perception more than reality and the effects of culture.\u00a0 What I mean by that is that we women do not grow up around the trades (for the most part) so it is not part of our cultural lexicon–\u00a0 we don’t necessarily understand HOW to start out and because we are women people don’t think to educate us in that arena. Does that make sense?<\/p>\n

As far as feeling like a sex object. I’ve interviewed several woman that simply won’t tolerate that and if they can’t squash it themselves, and management is unresponsive, they leave and get a different job.
\nCheck out some of the interviews I’ve done with women welders–>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

And along the lines of that same topic, read Weld\/Blog Like a Girl–><\/a><\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

TIPS for women in the Welding Industry–><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So what’s your take? Am I naive?\u00a0 A polyanna?\u00a0\u00a0 What advice would you offer Jen in Canada?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Got an interesting inquiry through my Facebook page (how many of you are on Facebook?\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-welding-industry-news","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nWomen Welders in the Workplace - Carmen Electrode\u2122 Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Women Welders in the Workplace - Carmen Electrode\u2122 Blog -\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/carmenelectrode\/2009\/03\/02\/women-welders-in-the-workplace\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carmen Electrode\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/carmenelectrode\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/02\\\/women-welders-in-the-workplace\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/carmenelectrode\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/02\\\/women-welders-in-the-workplace\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carmen Electrode\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/carmenelectrode\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e46282544508b6da8e7a7947fcbb3dc3\"},\"headline\":\"Women Welders in the Workplace\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-03-02T16:58:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-03-02T17:44:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/carmenelectrode\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/02\\\/women-welders-in-the-workplace\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":416,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/carmenelectrode\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/02\\\/women-welders-in-the-workplace\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/badge.facebook.com\\\/badge\\\/1075327759.193.1440086799.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Welding Industry News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/carmenelectrode\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/02\\\/women-welders-in-the-workplace\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/carmenelectrode\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/02\\\/women-welders-in-the-workplace\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/carmenelectrode\\\/2009\\\/03\\\/02\\\/women-welders-in-the-workplace\\\/\",\"name\":\"Women Welders in the Workplace - 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