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发表于 2016-7-27 09:41:34
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Sam Ormont, for example, a thirty-year-old nurse at a Boston hospital, went into nursing because the army had trained him as a medical worker."I found that work very interesting." he recalled, "and when I got out of the service it just seemed natural for me to go into something medical. (65) I wasn't really interested in becoming a doctor."Thirty-five-year-old David King, an out-of-work actor, found a job as a receptionist because he was having trouble landing roles in Broadway plays and he needed to pay the rent.
In other words, men enter "female" jobs out of the same consideration for personal interest and economic necessity that motivates anyone looking for work. (66) But similarities often end there. Men in femaledominated jobs are conspicuous. As a group, their work histories differ in most respects from those of their female colleagues, and they are frequently treated differently by the people with whom they are in professional contact.
The question naturally arises: Why are there still approximately ninetynine female secretaries for every one male? There is also a more serious issue. Most men don't want to be receptionists, nurses, secretaries or sewing workers. Put simply, these are not generally considered very masculine jobs.To choose such a line of work is to invite ridicule. (67)
"There was kidding in the beginning," recalls Ormont. "Kids coming from school ask what I am, and when I say A nurse,' they laugh at me. I just smile and say. You know, there are female doctors, too.'"
Still, there are encouraging signs. Years ago, male grade school teachers were as rare as male nurses. Today more than one elementary school teacher in six is male.
Can we anticipate a day when secretaries will be an even mix of men and women-or when the mention of a male nurse will no longer raise eyebrows? (68)
It's probably coming-but not very soon.
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