A pink-collar worker is employed in a job that is traditionally considered to be woman's work. The term came to distinguish these female-oriented jobs from the blue-collar worker or "mans work" in manual labor, and the white collar worker, typically an educated worker in largely office positions. Pink-collar jobs usually pay a significantly smaller amount of money than blue-collar or white-collar jobs.
World War One paved the way for pink collar jobs. The war effort was in need of secretaries, people to answer phones, write letters, etc. This was of course left up to the woman. It was not factory work , it was not blue-collar work and it certainly was not white collar work. A whole category of jobs continued to grow in the pink collar market here's some to name : babysitter,nanny, waitress, hairdresser, etc.
This list grows and grows and now consists mostly of college students and college grads. However studies show that even to this day men continue to earn more than women post-college. It could be the fact that men typically are in science-related fields and women in social sciences, which simply pay less. However in the meantime a lot of woman in men seem to be stuck in pink collar work..for now
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