Report: One In Five Women Training To Be Yoga Instructors

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http://www.theonion.com/content/node/41693&rss=1

October 19, 2005 | Issue 41•42
WASHINGTON, DC—According to a Department of Labor report on job retraining, 21 percent of American women are training to be yoga instructors, marking the highest level of female interest in the flexibility-and-spirituality-expansion industry since 1971. "One particular indicator is striking: All but 32 women in New York and San Francisco are now certified yoga instructors, specializing in either hatha, bikram, or ashtanga yoga," Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said. The report notes that the rising interest in yoga instruction has caused a commensurate depletion in the ranks of massage therapists and board-certified realtors.

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Comments

[seaya.livejournal.com]

You know, this brings up a good point, even though it's comedy.

The pink industries are alive.

There are really not many opportunities for women still.

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

Well, there are two sides to this. There are many opportunities for women, but they still have to fight more for them, prejudice, etc. Things have been looking better on that front. The other side is that there are some jobs that men are still in no way, shape or form going to take a look at. Secretarial jobs, for example. When was the last time someone saw a male administrative assistant? That never happens, and I don't think that's because men face a glass ceiling there. Elementary school education is another of these jobs. I mean there are men, but they are clearly in the minority, and I doubt that's because they couldn't get in the education programs. So women that could have tried to get jobs elsewhere will go there, since it's much easier. Should women have equal access to other jobs, these ones would see an interesting reflux of men applying for them...