Women are actually good at doing boring jobs that men don't enjoy, like being a secretary, or a bank back-office employee doing the same paperwork all day over and over again. Women like those jobs because they are 9 to 5 types, don't require a lot of mental investment and are very safe. In the 50s, it was considered ok for men to be construction workers and for women to be bank back-office employees. Both jobs need to be done and contribute to the economy. If we could go back to a situation like that, wouldn't it be all right?
That situation hasn't changed since the 1950s.
"According to the U.S. Census, however, the most common job for women today remains the same as 60 years ago. Between 2006 and 2010, about 4 million people in the United States worked as “secretaries and administrative assistants — and 96 percent of them were women." (source)
The reason so many women still choose easy jobs like secretaries is because women don’t face any social stigma for working lower paying, easy jobs. Unlike straight men, women aren’t shamed by the opposite sex if they don’t make lots of money or deviate from their traditional gender roles.
Being a secretary doesn't restrict a woman's dating prospects in any way, indeed it gives her a chance of marrying high value men in her office. It gives married women endless opportunities to cheat on their husbands with attractive men in a corporate environment. In the 1950s, like today, many men unconditionally trusted their wives and believed they would never cheat on them. That's why they had no problem with them being around attractive men for their job.
Another reason is that most women aren’t forced to be “providers” like men. They aren’t pressured by society to take high paying, difficult, stressful, or back breaking jobs that require long hours. There are barely any women out there that are forced to work 70 hour weeks so that they can provide for the families.
Because of all these things.... Women have the privilege of choosing easy and comfortable jobs without facing any social stigma or backlash among their peers.
Now, if you ask feminists why so many women choose comfy office jobs instead of jobs that would actually require them to apply themselves and do something difficult, they will tell you that the patriarchy holds women back and forces them to take these jobs. They’ll say that society treats women like they are not as skilled, less capable etc etc..
But that’s all bullshit.... Right now, women have infinitely more options and support from society than anyone else. A majority of scholarships and special programs are directed mainly towards women. They have all the help and resources they need to succeed in whatever field they like. And when it comes to the professional sphere.... Businesses and corporations give out plenty of incentives for women to join them. They have gender quotas and are doing everything they can to get women to work for them.
But even though women have all these resources and support at their disposal, a majority of them still choose to work in easy, comfortable, and low paying jobs.
