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Stereotypes In Nursing

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The face of nursing is believed to be just a female face; an overwhelmingly and discouraging female face that not only affects our image but affects the people that are thinking of choosing this career path. Like many other professions, both genders take part in this field. Although the number of men in nursing is growing, there is still something that draws others back. For the males wanting to pursue this career, they are setback and discouraged because of what they would be seen as. Media views males in the nursing field to be homosexual; making them feel as if the profession is a more feminine career and that the more suitable career for their gender is to become a doctor. The article The Construction of Male Nurses who are gay states that,

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