Refusal based on gender: top 10 professions that women are not allowed to engage in

As we all know perfectly well, in modern society the rights of men and women are equal, in our country this is guaranteed by the 19th article of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. In this regard, women have every right to choose for themselves the profession they need, in which they often prove to be no worse, and in many ways better than men.

However, few people know that in fact women have a number of restrictions when hiring for certain types of work. And this is far from talking about traditions, sexism, or inert views on “purely male” professions in which women cannot have a place because of outdated prejudices - there is a document in our legislation that prohibits women from engaging in certain types of work.

Forbidden positions

It is called the "List of heavy work and work with harmful or dangerous working conditions, in the performance of which the use of women's labor is prohibited," and it was adopted back in February of the distant 2000. The people who compiled it proceeded from the considerations that the life, health and work of women should be protected in a special way. It is this list that prohibits the beautiful half of humanity from holding certain positions, even if women have the professional skills necessary for work.

In total, this list includes 456 items, and we decided to list some of them:

Subway driver - many do not even think about it, but a woman does not have the right to sit at the train control panel, and this applies not only to the subway. A woman cannot be a train driver at all, it is forbidden.

bulldozer driver - few people thought about this either, but have you ever seen a woman driving an excavator? Definitely not, as this is also a forbidden profession for women. This also applies to tractors.

trucker - Another completely non-female profession. It is believed that a woman cannot withstand constant long-distance travel. However, hardly a lot of ladies are eager to sit behind the "steering wheel" of a truck and drive hundreds of kilometers, even for the sake of big money. By the way, this ban also applies to long-distance regular bus driving.

Sailor- also impossible. According to an old belief, a woman on a ship is unfortunate in itself, and serving on a ship is physically very difficult. In addition, a woman cannot become either a boatswain, or a skipper, or an assistant skipper: all these positions are also taboo for a lady.

Military professions: a woman in military uniform has already ceased to surprise passers-by. However, no matter how good a soldier a woman is, she cannot be a tanker, or a combat fighter pilot, or a warship commander. And they won't let you on the submarine at all.

Cattle slaughterer - in principle, this is not surprising. The slaughterer is a very difficult physical job associated with blood and death. In addition, not even every man can carry cattle carcasses.

Miner- women in Russia are not allowed to do all underground work, and this prohibition is quite understandable: the work of a miner is titanic work, which can be harmful to a woman's health. However, women can work underground, but only as service personnel and technicians.

Firefighter- another dangerous profession in which a woman does not belong. In fact, girls can work in fire departments, but, for example, as dispatchers. They are not allowed to participate in direct fire extinguishing.

bomber- yes, yes, only men can blow up anything in Russia, and preferably real ones. No matter how much the representative of the weaker sex does not want to smash something to smithereens with an explosive wave, gender will not allow this to be done.

Chemical production - to list all the restrictions that women are subjected to in this area is simply not possible in one article. Working with almost any harmful substances like lead, mercury and others is forbidden for women.

Of course, one can treat this differently, but there is still a sense in such prohibitions: women, first of all, need to be protected and protected from the dangers that men are better off facing.