Activist: Fracking Only Creates Hotel Maid & Prostitution Jobs for Women
In New York, Sandra Steingraber, who is with New Yorkers Against Fracking, claimed that the state's ban against fracking is not a loss for women. She claimed that 95% of the jobs created in the fracking industry are for men, while the leftover 5% of jobs for women are only for hotel maid and prostitution. What is Fracking. "Fracking" is the popular name for hydraulic fracturing, a process through which natural gas is extracted by pumping high-pressure water into layers of stone, which breaks up the stone and releases the natural gas. Controversy. In December 2014, the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, announced his decision to ban fracking in the state after considering representations from environmental experts. "I cannot support high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York", he said. "I think it’s our responsibility to develop an alternative … for safe, clean economic development." In actual fact, there had been a morato...