Any kind of literature, anything to encourage women to get into the industry, is a start. It is a hard industry, and women have to be able to stand up to the industry. I'm not saying it's just men; I'm saying it's a hard industry. When you send out crews, they go out to a specific job site. Some people are away from home for a long period of time. It is all over, right from start to finish, a tough industry. I believe that's probably the main reason why women have kind of stayed home to look after the family and the husband has gone out to work. My husband works in the industry, too, and is gone Monday to Friday and comes home on weekends. It's overall a completely different industry, when you look at factory work or anything like that. But anything to draw women into the industry is a good step in the future.
On October 29th, 2009. See this statement in context.