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I'm talking about the united states, but if we are talking global shares:

Early childhood education is over 90% female teachers. Primary school education is 70%-95 female teaechers. Secondary education is 60-75% female teachers.

Source: https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=EAG_PERS_SHARE...

I don't know Florence Nightengale has to do with this discussion.

As a percentage of new nurses it is true that more males are going into nursing, but many of the traditionally male working class jobs have disappeared in the United States. This alone could account for the increase in male nurses over the last 10 years, though I do think it is also cultural to some degree. The numbers we are talking about are like 15% of new nurses being male instead of 5%. I would be surprised if this growth doesn't level off in the next decade and hold steady for decades to come.