Re:Is it sexist? (Score 1)

Emphatically, yes. Nursing programs are AVIDLY trying to recruit men. Okay, I will try to make it clear that my experience is not in nursing, but in Social Work. It is routine that, in this female dominated field, male candidates are only considered AFTER all female candidates. This happens because the hiring committees are, generally, all women and women are allowed to behave, in the workplace, in a manner that, when conducted my men, is considered hostile and descriminatory.

Further, I have seen, that when a qualified woman is found she will generally be hired and a man will be laid off for her to replace. Men in the field are denied many positions and opportunities, it is common for a man to be required to travel, or work with, a female observer.

It should come as no surprise that men do not stay long in the Social Work field, or gravitate to limited contact functions like report generation and research. While nursing may be a safe profession for men, I will state that Social Work and Teaching are actively hostile to men in and attempting to enter, the field.