Reply To: Why does every profession today need to be composed of half men and half women?

Im simply pointing out that eliminating or mutilating gender roles in society is not a new concept. Mitzrayim did it thousands of years ago to klal yisroel and wanted to get peoples take on it.

“But if the problems can be mitigated, should we keep people out of these careers anyway, just to preserve the gender roles?”

Yes, maybe we should.

I forgot exactly where I read this: but its a story of someone who put a lion to work as a mule. And someone told him it wasn’t proper for him to do such a thing, even though the lion was capable of doing the work of a mule, it was not in line with the what Hashem created the lion for.

I disagree that there is not masculine and feminine work. Building is masculine (i.e. construction worker). Making things look pretty is feminine (i.e. hair designer).

I wonder if it would be harmful for children and society to grow up with having davka half the construction workers be women and half the hair designers be men, even if technology could find a way to allow women to do the construction. The gem takes it as pashut that there are male-female differences, but society is gradually trying to change that.