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LaTigresse -> RE: M/F Why do you Feel Your Stronger then the other? (3/29/2008 7:34:27 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Justme696
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ORIGINAL: Najakcharmer
There are currently more female than male animal wranglers in the zoo and wildlife industry, and damn good ones too.
females like working with animals, females are cheaper work labour on average (in the same jobs)
there can be many reasons why one job is done by females and others by males.
doesn't make the job or person less then the other though
When I used to work with horses, for money. I was one of the two most expensive people doing so in my area. Without trying to rack my brain to make a list of names, I would say that the gender split was about 50/50 if not slightly more men. I never noticed a pay bias in what anyone charged. I, along with the other young woman, charged the most because we could. People were more than willing to pay it. Quite often we were paid an extremely high amount to deal with problems created by male "trainers".
Many times, when working with animals, attempting to use brute force actually has the reverse of the desired effect. Taking the time to learn how a specific species functions, then, that specific individual, then learning how to use those facts to your advantage, requires very little physical strength. I like to compare it to a sort of dance. First you learn the steps, then your partner, then you begin to communicate. From that communiation comes a practiced behaviour, a dance. At some point less and less conscious effort is required to accomplish the task.
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