During a hearing on Wednesday, a democratic legislator in the house Said the reason why fewer women are involved in production can be because the term has the word “man” in it.
“Yesterday I met a production company, but they are also working on keeping young people more busy with production,” said Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-On., During a trade, production and trade Subcommité hearing Entitled “AI in Manufacturing: Securing American Leadership in Manufacturing and the Next Generation of Technologies.”
Schakowsky went further by saying that she thinks there are fewer women in production because the word itself sounds too masculine.
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Washington, DC – July 18: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D -Iil) speaks at a press conference on July 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for taking back the action fund of the court)
“So, I asked them, so how many of those students who sign up and want to do this? How many are women?” Schakowsky said, adding that they told her that it was at least 13%.
“It was a low number,” she said. “And you said to involve more women in production. I just wonder if only the name production sounds like a man.”
In a message on X with the comments, Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo.Who is also on the subcommittee, said: “us: let’s lead the way and bring jobs back to America. Democrats:” Manufacturing “is a sexist term against women!”
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By one 2022 Report Of the US Department of Trade, women are 47% of the American workforce, but only 30% worked in production.
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