Do we say male jobs?

what do we say to the jobs that need hard physical activities and are not easy for women? Do we say male jobs?

skystar30097 said:

what do we say to the jobs that need hard physical activities and are not easy for women? Do we say male jobs?

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That would likely get one in trouble these days. I would just describe the job requirements.

skystar30097 said:

[STRIKE]what[/STRIKE] How do we [STRIKE]say to the[/STRIKE] describe jobs that need hard physical activities and are not easy for women? Do we say "male jobs"?

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In these days of gender/sex equality, we very rarely consider any job to be solely possible for men or women. If there are more men currently employed doing a particular job, you might call it a "male-dominated profession" (or of course a "female-dominated profession"). In the UK, it is [mostly] illegal to advertise a job as being open only to men or only to women.

You can, however, say it's a very physically demanding job.

And some "male jobs", like being a priest, are not that physically demanding.

Tdol said:

And some "male jobs", like being a priest, are not that physically demanding.

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In many religions, of course, being a priest is (quite rightly) no longer a job only for men.

Pardon my ignorance here, but do any of the churches that use the term priest allow women? I was trying to distinguish vicars from priests in churches like the Catholicism. I am fully supportive of those that do.

Tdol said:

Pardon my ignorance here, but do any of the churches that use the term priest allow women? I was trying to distinguish vicars from priests in churches like the Catholicism. I am fully supportive of those that do.

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Wicca (a recognised religion) has priests and priestesses (same rank) and I understand that the term "priestess" is gradually fading out of use, along with many other -ess terms.

Tdol said:

Pardon my ignorance here, but do any of the churches that use the term priest allow women? I was trying to distinguish vicars from priests in churches like the Catholicism. I am fully supportive of those that do.

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In the US, we have female Episcopal priests. I believe there are also female Anglican priests.

MikeNewYork said:

In the US, we have female Episcopal priests. I believe there are also female Anglican priests.

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That's right.

The Church of England has many female priests, and it's only a matter of time before they have women bishops, despite a lot of entrenched opposition.

Rover

I'd use vicar for Anglicans, but religion is not my strongest suit.

Not every Anglican priest is a vicar.

A vicar is in charge of a parish. If I were an Anglican priest I'd be a mere curate.