Re: "Less than 1 percent of women in Alaska worked in the construction and extraction industries"

Less than 1 percent of men in Alaska worked in daycare and maternity wards and kindergarten and elementary schools, etc. etc.

So what's your point? The forces that limit women in certain jobs limit men in certain others.

"Women's 77 cents to men's dollar: what it really means" http://malemattersusa.wordpress.com/2012/07/10/womens-77-cents-to-mens-dollar-what-it-really-means/