Vocational education and training (VET) and home economics are interrelated, with gendered power structures. VET is often seen as opposite to theoretical academic knowledge. The vocational–academic divide is largely a construction that falls short when considering how VET to varying degrees contains theoretical knowledge. The organization of VET corresponds with gendered representation and notions of a gendered labor market. Likewise, home economics corresponds with gendered practices and reproductive work. The processes of education thus contribute to reproduce a gender order. Efforts are being made, however, to counteract stereotypical educational pathways, directing female students toward STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and male students toward HEED (home economics education for diversities) and change gendered perceptions. Breaking norms of expectations attached to different intersecting social identities can be rewarding but also costly for the individual.