sorry realised I ignored most of your very good questions, here seem to be the fundamental ones which I find hardest to answer:
secondly I feel that having a more diverse selection of people offering services is good for the public. I have seen adverts locally for "lady decorator" and seen customer surveys saying people wish they could employ a female builder. So there's definitely demand, assuming that's a good thing? Basically if the people doing the work are representative of the customers, the workers are more likely to provide innovations that the customers need. That doesn't help the people with sight problems or dementia as much, but I do recognise this second point isn't a given for all underrepresented groups!
because firstly I think equality of opportunity is important. So everyone should be free to consider any job, even if they are the sort of person who doesn't stray far from society's expectations. Clearly you're not one who's been unduly influenced by these kinds of expectations, but many are if you see my previous post article about 6 year olds.Why do you think an imbalance in genders in different job roles is a problem?
secondly I feel that having a more diverse selection of people offering services is good for the public. I have seen adverts locally for "lady decorator" and seen customer surveys saying people wish they could employ a female builder. So there's definitely demand, assuming that's a good thing? Basically if the people doing the work are representative of the customers, the workers are more likely to provide innovations that the customers need. That doesn't help the people with sight problems or dementia as much, but I do recognise this second point isn't a given for all underrepresented groups!
Extremely good question. I have no idea. In tech they make a deal about the fact that the first computer programmer was female, and programming used to be a job for ladies, but the same question applies there.Why do you think the imbalance exists in the first place?