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This is the poll for manliest job. I had to filter a few as the poll has a limit on selections. I removed Welder , Sewage Worker , Hazardous Material Handler due to the comments on the original topic. Use Other for these. and if they get the votes we can narrow it down. Cheers RC
@river A full time father is the manliest job I can think of. So, I voted other.
@missbonbon That needs to be on the list.. OMG I can only put 10 We need a bigger poll. if other wins Ill start another one thank you. RC
I picked Farmer because it's so versatile. Growing up right next to my paternal grandparents farm. I was exposed to all aspects of maintaining equipment, infrastructure, animals. Plus all the hazards of farming. I know at onetime it was considered the number one for accidental deaths in the U.S. 🥰
Really thinking about it.
Lineman would be a good addition to the survey. It takes a lot of disaplint, concentration, steady hands. To work up in the air on energized high voltage power lines.
Hats off to the brave technicians!
Fran 🥰
@gafran hi Fran
I have to tell you it is on my list of heaviest and manly work , my first job was a lineman, partial time and , believe me I won't ever do that again , never ever !!!! Only were 5 months doing it , but that was enough,!!!!
You gotta have a steel nerves, handling material and tools at 50-60 meter over the ground, no fear to heights and be comfortable with the idea that this day could be your last day if something fail. No excuses, if you fail in something you will die, so you have to do everything with no mistakes, spotless work....that feeling of being working with cables with energy (69,000 Volts, maybe less, maybe more) it is indescriptible!!!!
Agreed, they are a breed above. We certainly can't afford to go without them!
I'm in awe when I see them doing their work!.
Fran 🥰
@lujan2099 I have a friend thats an Electrician on NY skyscraper construction. its just nuts and alot of them actually drink on the job are you kidding me !! crazy! I will remove the lowest votes job on the post and add lineman but unless you understand the risks and the voktages being messed with it will not really hit home. maybe Hi Alititude Hi Voltage Lineman thats something people can get behind. Cheers RC
@gafran Should it be LinePerson ? lol. High voltage work is definitely up there.
Ill see how the Other category does and consider if its worth having a second poll as I reaced the limit of options. Thanks for the suggestion !! RC
Its a dead heat between lumber jack construction worker and fire.man... The suspense is killing me lol. RC
@river it's good you removed welder! That's what I do. I'm trying to forget how manly it is. Plus my pretty skin get burned and dust / dirt in my pores. Yuck. But I'm good at it.
@staceycross I have a lincoln electric 240v Mig I can stick Metal together and they usually stay stuck. .. usually lol but im certainly no welder. I have however burned alot of holes in my clothes.. 
RC
@river Cool, I have stick, gas and spot welders here on the tree farm and I use them to keep everything going when we have breakdowns. I really like welding but as always, our main job is trees. I was really quite surprised to see lumberjack being at the top of the list since I don't think of myself as very manly. I'm only 5 ft. 5 in. and 120 pounds so I'm not what people usually picture. Anyway, it's a fun posting . Thanks, Marg
@river Women welders held the home front together during WW2. Plus there are female welding artisans.
I think that it's fair to eliminate welders.
@harriette I always think of Rosie the Riveter but there is actually Some pin ups of Rosie Welding as well. Definitely heros of WW2. cheers RC
@river On a whim, I searched for 'the most manly jobs'. I only looked at one list which had some that I would not say are very manly at all, including chef, surgeon, doorman, and intelligence analyst, but did include lumberjack/tree surgeon, marine engineer. I thought that infantryman was particularly interesting.
@margprodueharriette Tree Surgeon ? really lol. I dont think many lumberjacks use that when describing themselves. @margprodue What say you !! 
RC
@river A tree surgeon / arborist is not the same as a lumberjack. Both jobs are extremely dangerous, though. The lumberjack doesn't typically operate in an urban area, for example.
@river Himm, If I get to wear a lab coat, latex gloves, and a stethoscope and work in an air conditioned tractor, then I'm all for it. lol Marg
Hi my dear
I would say that miner is one of the hardest jobs ever seen ,by my own experience in a mine here in Central America.
15 years ago I was hired by the World Bank as an Advisor in matter of Technical Consultant, My job was in that moment review , create and develop the syllabus of the trainings for a Non-Goverment Foundation, which it was created by capital from Canada , Germany , Netherland, etc.
The tranings has to be done in place for diverses companies , included one Gold mine located in the center of the country, I had to stay 5 days there and comeback 2, by week.
The environment inside is a craziness, temperatures reach the 46°Celsius and you have to use a overall and being refreshing with waters every 15 minutes.
Add to that the pollution inside is overwhelming, you have to carry an Oxygen Counter due to there a re part s where you simply got fainted because the oxygen level drops less than 15 % the body start to react slow (hypoxia)
You starts at 5 am and leave 2pm , then other shift start from 2 pm to 10pM and the last from 10pm to 5am.
You have to walk at least 2 hours from the elevator( funny for me when it just a cage with no walls )and go to the deepest part of the mine , about 3000 feet from the surface, work another 4 and come back walking another 2 hours, insane isn't it??
Also during 2 years working there, training only one woman I saw working in that environment, my compliment to that outstanding girl.!!!
@lujan2099 I have to agree with you especially a coal miner OMG its also not healthy . do Miners still swing pickaxes daily or is that all done by machine now ? Same for lumberjack I dont think many are swinging Axes all day lime they used to. Not many professions left in this country were the specific manual hard labor is still practiced but in other countries. like the people being forced to work on Diamond Mines or I watch alot of shows on Ancient Egypt and the people still manually digging out tombs omg. looks awful. and I see no women ever doing that at least they dont show it during the documentary. only women archeologists that come by after with a brush to finish the job lol. Have a great day RC..
@river If I had to pick a job it would be the "Mohawk Ironworkers" who did all the steel work on skyscrapers in New York in the early 20th century. I get dizzy just looking at the photo's of them just wandering along beams hundreds of feet off the ground. On a different but similar topic what is the most unusual job you have seen ladies take on? I just saw a Rush tribute band last weekend with a woman on the drums. She was absolutely brilliant & I can't think of too many women drummers who are actually good these days.
@sashabennett Omg I have always been a big Rush Fan. seeing a woman knock out Neil Pert would be amazing. I have multiple friends that are drummers and they all worship him. As for manly jobs I have seen women doing , not really many. Truck Driver but they were not very womanly lol. I see many in construction but mostly holding signs and not operating or shoveling. then there is the addition of Femininity. we are all focused on feminity and I have never seen an actual Feminine woman doing any of these many jobs. which was part of the reason for the interest in this for me. Looking at someone doing their job gets alot more difficult to consider them as our sisters when they are a miner vs a dancer or a Lumberjack Vs a Waiter. but we know now our sister are Everywhere !! 
Cheers RC
@river The band are called Moving Pictures, there are many video's on youtube. Worth a look just to see how good she is.
@sashabennett Someone playing in tribute to The Professor would have to be very confident and very good.
Anna x
@sashabennett I've just looked them up. Not coming near Cornwall so I'll have to look at a trip upcountry. I saw Rush only once, at the NEC on the Roll the Bones tour and it was a brilliant gig.
Anna x
@annaredhead I also only saw them once in Stafford on, funnily enough, the Moving Pictures tour. This took me right back. I don't normally do tribute acts but It's worth a trip out to see them if you get the chance.
Sasha
@sashabennett I've just spotted they played Tavistock a couple of months ago so hopefully they'll come back. I've seen Beatles, Pink Floyd and Queen tributes over the years but that's about it.
Anna x
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I put truck driver...because I was a truck driver before I retired. Women did the job but it was hard for them as with artics (semi-trailers in the States I believe) you had to have weight and strength to pull the pin out of the fifth wheel.
@rebeccabaxter I pull a 35ft 5th wheel RV but that pin is way easier to pull lol.. Cheers RC
Actually, I find it nice to see that these jobs are now open to women too. Anybody should be able to pursue the career of their choice and ability to do the job.
I agree with Anna, I was having difficulty selecting the most ‘manly’ job as indeed all jobs are now open to everyone. But additionally for many of these jobs, I remember The Village People and how they made many of these professions look quite camp (no judgement here from me). And of course I can’t forget the Monty pythons flying circus lumberjack song…”I wear suspenders and a bra…”. I don’t mean to lessen the hazards associated with these jobs and I do salute all those fulfilling these roles.
But River, it is a good provocative question and interesting to see all the answers and thoughts of the other girls.
I voted construction worker. I have seen women construction workers, but the persona among the men who do this work is why I voted. I could have voted for several of these different jobs. My job is not physically hard, but I would say mentally hard. Women can do it and do it well. But my office is filled with toxic males who run any women out the door. It is awful!
@karynrivers Toxic is a excellent description for that type of behavior. I wonder how many of them are compensating for something. Or they are just afraid A women will do their job better. sorry you have to endure that kind of environment its so sad. RC
I put other because all the jobs listed were manly. I’m in construction.
like me how many of these manly men are wearing cute girly panties and more under their rugged work clothes?
I enjoy being both manly and fem!
Natalie💋
My first thought is - define manly.
Going by Village People its a Cowboy, a Construction worker, a Cop and a Biker (IIRC) 😀
If I were to define it I guess I would consider things like physical strength, being crude, having no real regard for the feelings of others, hiding emotions, showing no weakness, having little regard for safety and being gung-ho, getting the task done at any cost.
With that in mind I think a lot of the categories are the same, I've worked in mining and construction, which includes heavy machine operation, and I would lump in lumberjack to that list of rough/tough jobs. I would say those are the most masculine in a traditional sense. I think farmers need to be nurturing and Fire Fighters need some sense of caring for others so I would consider those ever so slightly more feminine based on some very sweeping stereotypes.
All that said I don't think there is such a thing as a "manly" job. There are plenty of women who don't care about having rough hands or getting covered in mud/oil/cow dung
@butteryeffect Agreed this was all derived from a larger forum and I took the for mentioned positions given. It was created for fun and not to discriminate between any positions or sex. basically when you look at someone doing a specific job how difficult is it to tag that person as a member of the CD/TG community. jobs that are typically considered manly make that correlation more difficult. As it much easier to see a male nurse as it would be a Lumber Jack . was just a bit of fun that got alot of comments. Ill probably have to have another poll afterwards to add in more suggestions if other wins. Thank you have a great day RC
@river New poll, how many manly people have stayed or worked in the Y.M.C.A.? 
RC@river I realize it is a bit of fun and I'm sorry if my response came across as a bit too serious, it wasn't meant to. I tend to overthink things and I found this genuinely thought provoking, so thank you.
@butteryeffect Oh my no worries The intent is to provoke. Im feeling guilty I could not add all of the manly positions. We got alot of them lol.. please keep the comments rolling. Cheers RC
I work in the trash industry as a truck driver and currently we have no women drivers at our location. I’ve heard tell there was one or possibly two at another location, but I’m not entirely sure.
We’ve had a couple female mechanics over the last couple years, but neither of them stuck around. They’re working a lot of hours. It’s definitely not for everyone. I know I couldn’t do it.
I can imagine if you were an attractive woman that did a job like mine. You would probably be constantly getting hit on. I may be wrong, but that wouldn’t surprise me in the least.
Lol RC
