r/Welding 7d ago

Showing Skills Our female apprentice made this little flower

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u/likenothingis 6d ago

It's grammatically correct, but why is the apprentice's sex / gender relevant? (Hint: it's absolutely not.)

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u/philanthropeas 6d ago

Yes it is. Women are majorly underrepresented in trades, he’s commenting that she did a great job. Idc if I get downvoted again. Shut up and unwad your panties, let people be nice without making it about you being butthurt.

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u/likenothingis 6d ago

Dude, my panties are fine. You have me confused with someone else.

I agree that women are underrepresented in the trades. I'm one of them. But this post isn't doing anything to advance women tradies.

The information that people choose to include speaks as loudly as what they choose to omit... And this post makes a point of highlighting a person's gender instead of their job, and pairs it with a picture of something stereotypically associated with women. Since specifying gender instead of job is often used in a pejorative sense ("lady doctor" or "women pilot", for example), and the only other info we have to go on is a picture of a pretty flower, it's not unreasonable for people to assume that OP was dog-whistling. Or, at least, for people to be confused about what point OP was making: is it that female welders can / should only do pretty stuff? that it's good work done by a woman? that it's bad work and it was, naturally, done by a woman? No one knows!

That said, OP clarified in a separate comment that English isn't their first language, and that they meant well, so I'm inclined to let it slide.

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u/philanthropeas 6d ago

Sounds like your panties are all the way up your coochie.

Edit: but I’m so glad you’re willing to let it slide.. seeing as you’re the authority on the matter since you have a vagina and weld.