Men still pick “blue” jobs and women “pink” jobs
The Economist poses the question: Does it matter that the labour market is so sex-segregated? To formulate an answer, it shares statistics that reveal how every year, a few women become the first of their sex to hold a particular job – and that that is in fact, currently, no longer the case. This article examines why men still pick “blue” (collar) jobs and women “pink” jobs.