It’s time to close the gender death gap in logging

For the past couple of years, we have been told incorrectly that there is a gender pay gap and that the government needs to step in and do something about it. We’re also constantly told that there is a gap when it comes to executive positions, boards and other high power positions in the business world.

As we can see there is already a gap happening in education and in an array of industries that favor women (SEE: Where’s the outrage? Women earned majority of doctoral degrees, outnumber men in grad school). Interestingly enough, however, there is one gap that activists, feminists and politicians tend to ignore: the gender gap when it comes to workplace deaths in industries such as logging, fishing and roofing.

Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) produced a fascinating chart that found that men represent 85 percent of the workers in 18 and of the 20 most dangerous jobs in the United States. They also account for more fatal injuries per 100,000 workers than women.

Here is the chart:

The chart clearly illustrates that logging is the most dangerous job in America today with 132.7 deaths per 100,000 full-time workers. With men taking up 97 percent of the workforce, it is clear what gender is getting injured or dying on the job.

Overall, men account for 12.1 deaths for every one female death in the workforce.

Isn’t it time to close the gender death gap in logging?

You certainly won’t see feminists and SJWs marching on the streets demanding jobs in logging, fishing or roofing because we all know one thing: these jobs are extremely dangerous and back breaking.