Men won’t admit they’re nurses and feel superior to female nurses
Today in my Feminist Rhetoric class, we were talking about empowering nurses with knowledge. Then I found this interesting study on gender issues in nursing. Men nurses usually specialize in mental health, accident and emergency care. Also, the article says that people tend to take bad news from a man better. The article says,
“I think people prefer to be given bad news by a man rather than a woman - it seems as if they are being taken more seriously,” one said. The article goes on to say that men nurses will change their job title if they are asked what they do in a pub. They want to play down the feminine side of their job. Another interesting point this article says, is that MEN are moving away from the subordinate role of a nurse and increasing their credibility to that of a doctor.
SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Health | Men ‘winning’ caring profession sex war
Men working in traditionally female-dominated caring professions such as nursing and teaching are winning a new gender war with their female colleagues, according to a study.
Research from Brunel University’s business school found that men in caring careers believe they get more respect and more challenging roles than their women counterparts.
So how do women feel when they are faced with a job that is predominately a male’s job? I doubt they feel like they have to change their job title in a pub. The sad part of this article is that they say that men are “winning” the caring profession sex war. Who knew? You would almost think the female nurses would be the ones fighting.
