a crime but in russia this repair and remodeling business is officially illegal because yulia and nadia run it and their women in russia women are banned for more than four hundred fifty jobs they re considered too dangerous carpentry plumbing and electrical work are on the list. also legally off limits for women at work lifting more than ten kilos more than twice an hour and nadia are pushing back against these laws found against gender stereotypes this is. people only very rarely react well to our work especially men people don t say it s great that you do that they usually incredulous or they just loff they react negatively. in that gender roles are deeply entrenched in russia and russian law and forces that apparently doing too much heavy lifting at work can harm a woman s health and also harm her so-called child bearing function. protecting