Why the difference?
2007-10-26 04:07:42 · 10 answers · asked by trer 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
You're right -- there should be no label. In past times, nursing was often considered to be the job of women, so when men took up the profession, it came as a bit of a surprise to some when they had the services of a nurse who happened to be male. I can remember older people using the term "male nurse", just as they would say "female police officer" or "woman bus driver". It's just a carry-over from the days when people thought certain jobs pertained to one sex or the other. Yet, they would think nothing of having a doctor or teacher who is either male or female.
2007-10-26 04:20:11 · answer #1 · answered by SB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only the ignorant still do that. I've been a nurse for forty years, and done everything a nurse can do as far as patient care, and only once have I had a patient express surprise that my skills are as good as any female nurse. I even served ten years in the Army as a corpsman and a nurse. I'm licensed as a Registered Nurse in New York, Virginia, Louisiana and Alaska.
2007-10-26 04:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are more female nurses than male. Im in my college's nursing program and in my class of about eighty, there are only about 19 or so men.
2007-10-26 13:34:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a good question. My son is about to enter nursing school, and I have caught myself saying...."he is going to be a male nurse". Well, he is already a male.
We live in a stereotypical world.
2007-10-26 04:13:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why either. I'm a nurse and female but people call me NURSE. they should also call nurses who are men NURSE.
2007-10-26 04:30:29 · answer #5 · answered by beauty 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL! Never thought about it. I work in a hospital and I can honestly say that I've said 'male nurse' before. Sorry! :(
2007-10-26 04:34:01 · answer #6 · answered by bunny77 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same reason they call blacks "African American"
If something's different, some want to put a label on it to disgtinguish it from the "norm". Stupid, huh?
2007-10-26 11:52:42 · answer #7 · answered by Jamaican QT™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I call my husband's nephew a nurse. 2D
2007-10-26 04:16:59 · answer #8 · answered by 2D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because society loves to put labels on people.
2007-10-26 08:03:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree wth you!!!
2007-10-26 04:28:34 · answer #10 · answered by Pumpkin Pie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋