Being a male factory laborer, I spend most of my day working in the dark, hot mines with very little protection. My job is very dangerous and many are killed doing what I do by being crushed by fallen rocks or by sufocating from the toxic fumes. I go to work every day knowing that I may not make it home to see my family. Though my job is harmful to my body and i make very little money doing what I do, there aren't many other options for me. I must support my family and due to the easy availability of this job, I had to take it. It is great that we all have jobs and I am a good worker, but the life that I live now is a tough one. I really have to fight off the fear that I have of losing my life with the satisfaction of knowing that I am doing the best to support my family through these changing times.
5 comments:
I think the attitude you portrayed in your blog is accurate to what people during that time were thinking. There were alot of risks and disadvantages, but people still took those jobs to provide for their families and would do so by any means possible.
I agree with the attitude you portrayed in your blog is correct.Men and women had to provde for their families so they had to take these dangerous jobs.They had to suffer from lung disease in order to provide food and shelter for their families.
I feel the same way. Alot of these dangerous jobs had to be filled by us younger men (and/or women)and they put us in grave danger of losing our lives and it just wasnt fair. But even with bad pay and poor conditions, what money we did make made it a whole lot better.
Men in the factory, probably less than women, saw their duty as providing for their families. Women, in traditional gender roles, viewed their purpose for providing for their children, especially.
I agree with the statements that you have made here. I think that the things you said about the male factory workers are accurate and portrayed them very well here.
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