Are many jobs still linked to gender?

[davidn3600]

A friend of mine was talking to me the other day and mentioned something a bit funny that kind of got me thinking. In her office she needs someone part-time to do different clerical tasks like answer phones, filings, paperwork, etc.. basically a secretary. So she advertised for "secretary" back in the summer. And every single applicant was female. 100%. What's funny is the girl she hired had quit and moved away, so she had to recently advertise again but she happened to advertise the position as a "administrative assistant" this time. This time about 40% of the applicants were male!

So it seems guys have a problem taking a job title "secretary" but have less of a problem being an "administrative assistant" even though both job tasks are the same.

It got me thinking though how many positions out there we link with a gender, even today. I wonder if it effects what job-seekers apply to or even who employers hire....

[PoliticAverse]

1. Nurse. n/t

[davidn3600]

3. I would say the dental profession is worse

I've been to countless dentists through my life, every single hygienist and dental assistant was female.

A male nurse isn't all that uncommon these days.

[Live and Learn]

15. True, I haven't run in to a male dental assistant yet. nt

[Live and Learn]

4. I use to find it a bit disconcerting to get a male nurse

but now it is quite common. Don't think many have a problem with it. Barriers are meant to be broken!

[Kennah]

8. It takes balls to be a male nurse. n/t

[PoliticAverse]

10. Still apparently only about 6.6% of all nurses are male...

http://www.sdsucollegian.com/2012/03/21/number-of-male-nurses-steadily-increasing/

[Live and Learn]

13. It must be a lot higher in CA.

I have Kaiser and we have quite a few of them.

[XemaSab]

2. The trades are still predominantly male

Ditto for the military.

[msongs]

5. surrogate mother? nt

[Kennah]

7. Sperm donor n/t

[Kennah]

6. I work in IT, and I find quite a bit of gender equality

I see this in both application programming (where I work) as well as network/hardware/tech support. DBA work is a smaller subset, but from what I have seen, it's still very male dominated.

[Kennah]

9. Wife will only see a female GYN, and most practices seem to have more men than women GYNs

[Fumesucker]

11. Roofer

I've seen women doing most of the trades even if only a few but I've never seen a female roofer.

[uponit7771]

12. yes

[newfie11]

14. Mammographer

Women refuse to have a male tech do their mammogram.