No, those jobs were undervalued regardless of gender. My ancestors were (male) minors, paid virtually nothing for a very high-risk job. Humanities are undervalued, but not because women do them. They were undervalued long before women were filling the field.
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Date: 2008-01-14 04:05 am (UTC)