What would you consider a "manly job"? In the article The "Manly" Jobs Problem by Susan Chira, she explains how she researched and noticed the problems of how some jobs are considered only for males. She saw the professions that are mainly male dominated have a high harassment rate towards females, including insulting, groping, assault, and even sexual harassment towards them. She believes this is influenced by how society views these jobs as masculine and considered "dangerous" to women. She also states that this might be due to men being "threatened" by women, taking over their definition of being masculine, strength, and the manhood that it is thought to be placed upon these jobs due to how it was considered the foundation of the modern American economy.
She also mentions the otherside of jobs that are considered "feminine" and usually filled with female workers. An example would be nursing, which is a field that saw men as only "nurturers" in the earlier times of the profession. This was due to the way society saw women as better, just like society saw men as better in more physical jobs.
I believe the stigma that comes with women in male-dominated jobs, and males in women-dominated jobs should not be there, especially in the way society is headed towards today, with more equality toward women. The thought of having a "manly" job is wrong in today's society due to how diverse a community could be with all the information readily available to anyone who seeks it. The problem is not society, but the big ego men may have when it comes to women being able to do the same thing as them. This ego driven problem that men have makes them more prone to being threatening towards women in what used to be a masculine job in the past.
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