Over Regulating Women's Work

Matt Yglesias peruses a chart showing that most woman-dominated occupations in America are teachers, dental hygenists, nurses, and waitresses/waiters:

Something that pops out at me is that with the exception of K-12 teachers these are all occupational categories that suffer from a large degree of regulatory discrimination. In many states, dental hygenists can't clean teeth without being "supervised" by a dentist even though in practice dentists' "supervision" of teeth cleanings really consists of nothing more than taking a cut of the salaries. Similarly, many states place irrationally tight restrictions on what health care services nurses can provide without working for a doctor. The case of waitresses and bartenders is a little less clear cut, but again the widespread practice of curtailing the issuance of liquor licenses to bars and restaurants has the impact of sharply reducing employer demand for these workers and therefore keeping wages low.

Maybe this an area where feminists and Tea Party conservatives could work together.