Women's Work - portraits of women in male roles

Have you ever met a butcher? What about a construction worker? Ideas about gender roles are still quite traditional and stereotypical. The classic division of labor is still rooted in our minds. The environment expects women and men to behave in a specific way and perform specific tasks. One of the most persistent notions is certainly that women are better suited for housework and men are better leaders because women are too emotional to make serious business decisions. It is also true that girls do not play with toy cars and boys do not play with Barbies. Photographer Chris Crisman tackled this very 'problem' in his project Women's Work, and his portraits show women in non-traditional roles.

How strong she is stereotyping of women, evidenced by the fact that many professions do not have a female counterpart at all. Leader is one such example. This merely confirms that despite the apparent equality still ingrained ideas about what belongs to a certain gender. Indeed, yes masculinity and femininity they get a new image, but they are mirrored in it prejudices and stereotypes traditional past. But a series of female portraits Women's Work Chris Chrisman breaks these stereotypes and proves that women can do any job, even a 'man's' one.

Have you ever come across a butcher shop?

If you think there is 'male' and 'female' work, get ready to be floored by this photo series. A case of a series of portraits of women in roles that belong to men through stereotypical glasses. As you will see, women are also doing quite well in professions that traditionally belong to men.