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Back「我喜歡證明別人錯了」:這些女性拿起工具,自己做裝修和水喉工程
「我喜歡證明別人錯了」:這些女性拿起工具,自己做裝修和水喉工程
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「我喜歡證明別人錯了」:這些女性拿起工具,自己做裝修和水喉工程

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過去十年社交平台DIY內容激增,女性網紅如賈絲敏·格尼展示懷孕八個月仍進行家居工程,挑戰性別刻板印象;同時市場對女性專業技工需求上升,平台TaskHer註冊女性技工人數接近四倍增長,部分女性轉行技術工種認為工作較不易被AI取代。

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Why It Matters

過去十年社交平台上DIY內容大量增加,傳統上被視為男性領域的家居裝修和技術工種正見參與女性增加,部分受惠於疫情期間專業工人難以入屋的情況,同時生活成本上升促使家庭尋求節省開支的方式。

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過去10年,社交平台上有關DIY(自己動手做)有關的內容大量增加,相信大家都很難留意不到。

從教你如何修補牆身裂縫,到一步步教你從零開始打造嵌入式座椅的 YouTube 詳細教學,網上充斥着數之不盡的家居裝修示範。

DIY過去較常被視為男性的領域,但如今一批女性網紅正鼓勵新一代女性親自動手,處理家中的各種工程。

與此同時,市場對女性專業工人的需求也在增加。一些女性更轉行投身技術工種,因為她們認為這些工作比起坐辦公室的工作,更不容易受到人工智能取代。

懷孕八個月造衣櫃

DIY網紅賈絲敏·格尼(Jasmine Gurney)在 Instagram 上記錄了自己做過的一連串工程,工作量驚人,也聽起來相當累人。

她拆過間隔牆、更換地板、搭建圍欄、為閣樓加裝隔熱層和木板、建造戶外工作室、訂製櫥櫃、移動電掣位置、親手為兒子造第一張床,現在還在為兒子建造樹屋。

這名前市場營銷從業員如今已懷孕八個月,正趕在新生兒出生前完成一個訂製衣櫃。

「我喜歡證明別人錯了。」33歲的賈絲敏來自貝德福郡。她說自己曾因為這樣做受到網民質疑,但這些反而「更加推動我」。

「我希望讓其他女性看到,她們也可以做到。」她說。

「我試過懷孕時做這些工程,也試過一邊把大兒子放在嬰兒背帶裏,一邊做工程。」

「我只是想讓大家看到,我們有能力做到,我們也對這些事情有興趣⋯⋯而且很多時候,我們已經受夠了要等半年,等丈夫終於拿起工具替我們做。」

賈絲敏說,她的社交平台在新冠疫情期間真正開始受到關注,當時人們無法找專業人士到家中工作,只好自己學習處理各種工程。

她認為,雖然封城措施已經結束很久,但人們對這類內容的需求一直沒有減少。其中一個原因是專業工人不足,無法滿足市場需求;同時生活成本上升,也令不少家庭的裝修預算受到壓力。

Z世代女性走在前面

英國家居用品零售商百安居(B&Q)在2024年的一份報告指出,Z世代(Gen Z)女性正在「帶頭打破 DIY 中的性別定型」。

受訪的Z世代女性中,約四分之三表示喜歡 DIY,高於所有女性受訪者的60%。

另外,82%的Z世代女性表示,在社交平台上看到女性做較複雜的家居DIY工程,令她們受到啟發,開始自己動手做;整體女性受訪者的比例為60%。

當然,並不是所有工作都可以自己完成。有時候,你還是需要GSI(get someone in),即是找專業人士來處理。

布利斯·庫寧(Bliss Cunneen)在2020年放棄大學的人類學課程,轉而接受水喉工訓練。

這名來自倫敦南部的28歲女子說,當初一時興起嘗試這門工作,是「我做過最好的決定」。她尤其喜歡自己經營生意所帶來的自由和彈性。

不過,當她上門替客戶工作時,也曾遇到一些人的懷疑;甚至有一次,她被誤認為是接待員。但她說:「當你真正開始工作,讓他們看到你有信心,也知道自己在做甚麼,他們就會接受。」

她認為網上DIY內容近年大量增加,「確實有幫助」,令社會對女性自己做DIY或投身技術工種的看法逐漸改變。

市場對女性技工需求增加

安娜·莫伊尼漢(Anna Moynihan)創立了 TaskHer,這個平台專門讓女性技工與需要家居工程服務的客戶配對。

她之所以創辦平台,是因為過去裝修時,她曾多次預約男技工,但對方來到家中後,總是向她丈夫說話,而不是跟她溝通,令她感到很無奈。

她說,5年前,她甚至找不到女性技工的庫存照片,用來製作公司的宣傳材料。就連「tradeswoman」(女性技工)這個字,電腦的自動更正功能也會把它改成「tradesman」(男性技工)。

「就是這些小事,最終會讓你覺得,在這環境中女性根本不受歡迎。」

「要成為一名女性技工本來已經夠困難,因為在這個行業裏,女性的比例實在太低。」

安娜表示,今年截至目前,TaskHer 收到的查詢數量較2025年同期增加一倍以上,而註冊加入平台的女性技工人數則接近增加四倍。

客戶選擇女性技工可能有不同原因。業界調查顯示,有些人可能會覺得讓女性進入自己的家中工作比較自在,也有人認為女性技工會更加尊重客戶,或者單純希望支持女性投身傳統上由男性主導的工作。

安娜說,但近年有越來越多女性離開白領工作後加入她的平台。她說,過去一個月就有三名擁有牛津大學學歷的女性技工加入。

她表示,其中一些女性一直都想投身技術工種,只是過去因為自己是女性,覺得這條路很難走,因此一直沒有實現。

另一些人則希望可以自己做生意,享有更大的工作彈性;同時,她們認為這類工作不容易直接受到人工智能快速發展的影響。

「你從未見過,就很難想像自己也可以」

DIY網紅賈絲敏希望,女性看到她這類網上內容後會受到鼓勵,嘗試自己動手完成一些工程,甚至考慮投身相關技術工種。

本文原以英文撰寫,我們使用了人工智能協助翻譯,並由BBC記者在發佈前進行審核。

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 未來五年女性在技術工種中的佔比將顯著增加

    Likely · Within years

  • DIY內容在社交平台上的熱度將維持或略增

    Likely · Within years

Open Questions

  • 女性技工在職場中具體遭遇的歧視形式有哪些?
  • TaskHer平台如何確保服務質量與客戶滿意度?
  • AI對技術工種的實際影響程度如何?
  • 政府或行業是否有針對性政策支持女性進入技術領域?

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