Apocalyptic series ‘Y: The Last Man’ is actually a warning about workplace inequality

Van Dam found that workers in several occupations were more than 99 percent men — including oil and gas roustabouts, mining-excavator operators and brick and stone masons — as of 2019, the most recent year for which Census Bureau data is available. Dozens more occupations are more than 97 percent male, including HVAC workers, plumbers, roofers, carpenters, electricians, wind turbine technicians, solar-panel installers, auto mechanics and loggers.