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by yardie 3336 days ago
The only profession I know that men aren't welcome has been teaching. At least in the US, any man that wants to work with young children is viewed as a potential pedophile. In middle and high school they are subject to calls of sexual predication.

RNs and CNAs don't have this problem. Male nurses aren't seen as sexual predators, some simply don't want to do it. And most don't have any visibility into the field to see it as a potential career.
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root_axis 3336 days ago
Maybe elementary school teachers, but after about 5th grade the stigma seems to fade.
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yardie 3336 days ago
No, the stigma just changes, slightly. Members of my family who are teachers keep a literal open door policy when it comes to pre/after school meetings and tutoring. Even the accusation of impropriety between teacher and student is a career ender. Some of the teenage girls they teach are extremely manipulative. Some come from broken homes and use the sexual assault accusations as a quick pay day.
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