“Male typical” businesses in Birmingham have hit back

Several businesses in Birmingham have hit back at claims that gender holds women back in the workplace.

This comes after a ‘YouGov Survey’ claimed just under half of woman in the Midlands believe that being a female will restrict them in the work place.

It also claims that property and construction work forces are the most sexist in the Midlands – categorized as “Purely for men.”

However, local businesses which are considered to be “male dominated’ have rejected these claims.

A spokesperson for McDermott’s, a groundwork and civil engineering company said: “We believe that there should be more women within these work forces, but we encourage females to join our team. We currently have two female apprentices on site at our company and encourage this strongly.”

A spokesperson for Diamond Buses, which provides a bus service along Birmingham said “We have a lot of women drivers and have no issue with employing females. We want a diverse workforce.”

RICS is the world’s leading professional body for standards in property and construction, and they aim to ensure industries are diverse when employing staff.

RICS Chief executive officer Sean Tompkins said: “This survey reveals that construction and property industries are suffering from reputation image crisis. We need to do more to encourage young women into these key sectors.”

Leon Security, an event security specialist company said: “We have the most female security bouncers in Birmingham, and we believe that they are an asset to the company. Females know how to communicate and 99% of the time stop violence from occurring.”

Kingdom Security also said: “Our job roles seem to attract more males in general, yet we receive applications from both sexes and consider them both without any discrimination.”

Also in the survey, 40% of young women believe that the introduction of a female Prime Minister will help gender inequality in the workplace.

These results show that women feel the rise in female leaders such as Theresa May and Hillary Clinton will help to change the perception of women and what they stand for.

Adelle Rule-Martin, a 20-year-old Apprentice from Bilfinger, GVA, Birmingham said: “Being able to see women like Theresa May or Hilary Clinton actively pursuing careers, which men once dominated makes you think if they managed to achieve that, then I can maybe achieve that and more!”

However, a spokesperson for McDermott’s does not agree and said: “I don’t believe Theresa May will influence this as we have always encouraged women within our company, it’s more of a stereotype within the business.”

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