There is/was a place in Burlington Vermont named Girlington, an all female auto repair shop, or at least female owned & operated.
This is why there are no overweight male mechanics.
Consider the source. How many “Oh those wimmin thinking they can do man stuff! Amirite?” threads has the OP started now?
And a junior high’ish fascination with boobs. Yes, women have them. Why is this news?
I don’t go to a lot of mechanic’s shops, so I can’t really comment on the OP’s question with respect to our local shop population. But may god bless these ladies! (I’m looking forward to the day when women run this world.)
However, I wanted to mention the TV show, All Girl’s Garage, with respect to the (perceived) trend that girls are getting more interested in auto-mechanics.
I think the show is brilliant from a marketing perspective. It’s got cute girls doing manly things. So I see it as a double-bonus; guys would watch the show for the TnA and girls would watch it for information and maybe a sense of community, too.
I’ve watched it a few times. It’s fairly well-scripted, directed, and produced (within the confines of the Velocity network), but it doesn’t have much substance. Though in fairness, few of these televised repair shows do. But the chicks really know what they are talking about and present it without any of the machismo that you might find on those same-type shows dominated by dudes.
when I took auto shop in high school, those restrictions were long gone. though only a few girls would take auto shop, the teacher said they tended to be the best students. Probably partly because us guys were too busy screwing around and peacocking…
I’ve never in my life seen a female auto mechanic.
Besides for it culturally not being a female thing (& it’s possible that there is also an inherent difference in predisposition between the genders), the general work environment of many mechanic shops is also pretty crude and a lot of women probably don’t think they would be comfortable there. (I know women who aren’t comfortable bringing their cars to mechanics, let alone hanging out there all day.)
I find this hard to believe. Any machine that was inaccessible to well-endowed women would also present problems to men with shorter arms and the like. It’s hard to imagine that Xerox would design a machine like that.
My school introduced a sort of mini-shop (we had to be able to do it in a regular classroom, so nothing bigger than a shoebox involved) when I was in 5th grade. 30+ years later it’s still there, still required for all students. That’s the most college-oriented school in the area, and the course was part of a set designed to point out that there are also these “trades” things and maybe some of us would be interested in going to the trades HS.
Some people (who did not bring their children to that school) found or find it scandalous or wasteful that girls are required to build a motor; the same people are likely to find it absurd that boys are required to learn how to sew a button. Every time it’s come up I’ve seen it thoroughly slapped down by someone who did take the classes and find them useful; not once have I heard someone say that he or she had these classes and found them worthless.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Let’s not start lumping everybody with a junior high’ish fascination with boobs into the same barrel as that guy! :mad: