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Name an occupation in which women dominate.?

Teaching. Nursing. What else?
Interesting - so far all relate to the social/interpersonal fields.
Purpose of question - to see which fields women wish to work in.
Is it discrimination that men are not in equal numbers in these occupations?

Asked By: gateman - 1/31/2009
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...home care, day care, tellers, hairdressers, paralegals, file/office/billing clerks, housekeeping, waitressing, occupational/physical therapists, accountants, human resources, librarians, word processors, make up artists, dietitians, dental hygienists/assistants, tax preparers, audiologists, civil engineering technicians, flight attendants, speech pathologists, receptionists, social workers, massage therapists, cashiers, models, travel agents ....a ton of other stuff I don't feel like sorting through now. Look up nontraditional careers for men if you need any more.

IMPORTANT EDIT: "Female dominated" doesn't mean the jobs women want to work in...kind of like how most men don't want to be a forklift operator or truck driver. The most desirable jobs are actually some of the most egalitarian jobs (See the first link I posted)

EDIT 2 (In response to the second question you added): Discrimination does play a role some of these jobs--a lot of male teachers, housekeepers, and daycare workers especially. A larger role is played by gender roles and how kids are socialized into them.
Answered By: Izzi - 1/31/2009
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Public relations.
Answered By: Rio Madeira - 1/31/2009
Secretaries
Answered By: Kellie - 1/31/2009
Human services.
Answered By: orangechakra - 1/31/2009
Masseuse (seriously, have you EVER seen a male masseuse???) ...

How 'bout writing, social work/counselling, fashion designing and/or hair styling?
Answered By: Bald is beautiful - 1/31/2009
Striping/Prostitution

Look for the people with the thumbs down...Am I WRONG!
I wasn't trying to put women down as this happens to be a fact.
Answered By: Maxi R - 1/31/2009
Family and marriage counselling.
Answered By: Mr VanHuizen - 1/31/2009
Surrogate Mothers
Answered By: Jane - 1/31/2009
Physchics... havent u noticed all the best physchics an mediums in the world r women??? women got a much closer conexion to the spirit world than men....

an doctors... theres more an more women doctors today than ever b4... more than men... an it makes sence cuz women have always been naturel nurturers an healers.... an women were always better with herbs an potions... an its also part of our closer conexion to the spirit world an auras...
Answered By: Gold Digger - 1/31/2009
Secretaries. About half doctors, I believe. But the main reason women don't dominate in many fields, is because traditionally, women stayed home while men worked in most fields. //////// There are male masseuses.
Answered By: green6es - 1/31/2009
Maids and waitresses
Answered By: Ryde-on - 1/31/2009
Cocktail servers.
Answered By: ThomasRNV - 1/31/2009
Anything she would put her mind to do there are no limits just the same as men we only limit our self's when we listen to those who tells us why we can't do what we dream. and as far as a male masseuse i have had great ones. women mechanic's, male manicurist, women football coaches. men dance teachers that were not gay really jock like. it make no difference we can all break the mold when ever we make the choice to do so.
Answered By: borah - 1/31/2009
Do people even do any research here or do they just jump to general conclusions? Opinions are like a s s holes. Everyone has one. And they are of limited usefulness.

There may be traditionally, and currently, more women than men in SOME professions. But other professions are seeing a growing number of women in recent years.

Interestingly, this report shows a higher proportion and growth rate of women enrolling in university SCIENCE degrees during this decade:
(scroll to Table 13 on page 26):
http://www.educationalpolicy.org/pdf/ACDS.pdf

So what is the purpose of your question?

Edit -
Well, if this is where you come to learn about the real world then beware of the blind leading the blind :)
Answered By: miss schlonky - 1/31/2009
Cheerleaders
Answered By: PrinceValiant66 - 1/31/2009
Firstly it would have to be shown what the reasons were for domination of an occupation by one sex or the other, and whether it was something to do with natural ability/inability or deliberate exclusion etc. That is the underlying implication of this question.

More and more women are now qualifying in medicine in Europe and in Asia. The number of female barristers and solicitors sees the same trend. So on the whole it's not about domination, but rather a breaking of previous imbalance.
Answered By: Karlsson-on-the-roof - 1/31/2009
Clerical. Modeling. Motherhood.
Answered By: Dick Thick - 1/31/2009
Raising kids.
Very tough job, they don't get paid for it either, and its 24 hours 7 days a week.
Answered By: Wonders? - 1/31/2009
Different women will want to work in different fields. Much like men, their choices will differ with the individual.

Traditionally women dominate entertainment fields. Acting, live theatre and dance.
Answered By: Samworld - 1/31/2009
I think teaching, nursing, social work, childcare, libraries, are predominantly female occupations. and years ago when I worked for a large magazine publishers, the staff on all the magazines was largely female, not surprisingly as they were all women's magazines. The retail trade tends to have a lot more women than men working for it as well.

However, it is noticeable that in all these jobs, men who do enter them are more likely to rise to the top than women are. I remember reading some years ago that altough only 5?f nurses in the UK are men, they occupy about 50?f the top management jobs. And my sons' schools have more often than not had male headteachers, even when most of the teachers in the schools are female. and even in the magazine publishers I worked at, although the staff on all the magazines was overwhelmingly female, there were at least two magazines that had male editors.
Answered By: Louise C - 1/31/2009
Midwifery, nursing, kindergarten teacher, primary school teacher, secretarial, hairdressing, beautician, masseuse, general office workers
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