Gender-bender jobs

Who says it's a man's job?

From tailoring menswear to fighting fires, The Sunday Times speaks to women who are a minority in their fields

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Is there such a thing as a "man's job" anymore?

A female pilot will say that the plane does not care if you are a man or a woman; neither does a blaze get fired up over the gender of a firefighter.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 03, 2019, with the headline Who says it's a man's job?. Subscribe