Myth 1.	Women are in the labor force simply to earn some extra spending money.	Get the Facts
Myth 2.	Women and men are represented equally in most occupations.	Get the Facts
Myth 3.	The pay for jobs in which women are traditionally employed is about the same as the pay for jobs in which men are traditionally employed.	Get the Facts
Myth 4.	Certain jobs are "men's work", and other jobs are "women's work".	Get the Facts
Myth 5.	Blue-collar work or heavy, physical labor is nontraditional for women.	Get the Facts
Myth 6.	Women are not strong enough to do heavy labor.	Get the Facts
Myth 7.	Nontraditional jobs are too dirty, noisy and dangerous for women.	Get the Facts
Myth 8.	A woman's place is in the home, not on a construction site.	Get the Facts
Myth 9.	Women won't like trade work.	Get the Facts
Myth 10.	Women will leave a job to get married and have children; therefore, the job should go to a man who will stay.	Get the Facts
Myth 11.	Married women who have husbands to support them should stay home and leave the jobs with good pay for men.	Get the Facts
Myth 12.	Women on a job site make it difficult for men to concentrate; the women are too distracting.	Get the Facts
Myth 13.	Women will lose their femininity if they work in a trade.	Get the Facts
Myth 14.	Women do not have the mechanical or mathematical aptitude for skilled trade work.	Get the Facts

Adapted from the Orientation to Nontraditional Occupations for Women (ONOW) Curriculum of the Ohio Department of Education; the Women in Highway Construction manual of the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Labor; 20 Facts on Women Workers (1990), U.S. DOL Women's Bureau; and 1993 Handbook on Women Workers: Trends and Issues, U.S. DOL Women's Bureau.