Pink collar positions are office jobs that have been dominated by women for the past 70 years or so–secretary, receptionist, administrative assistant, scheduler, etc.
In my life, I’ve only ever met a single man who worked as a receptionist in a medical office.
Recently in a thread about AI showing bias against job applications, someone mentioned male names being thrown in the discard pile for women’s positions.
If you’re a man who is in the field OR has tried to get into it, what’s your experiece been?
Not a “job job” per say as the vast majority of us aren’t paid, but this is my second year volunteering at a wildlife rehab center, which is a 90+% female job.
I think it’s great! I was primarily raised by both my grandmothers who both seemed to be the boss in their households, and were both very confident and assertive in different ways, and were very positive role models to me growing up, so I never had any issues with women in charge of things.
So now besides getting to spend the weekend with amazing animals, I also get to spend it with some amazing ladies! There are 2 other guys on my shift right now, and they’re both good as well. I think this being something we do without it being a breadwinning activity really cuts out a lot of ego, as there’s nothing to really get ahead of anyone else in.
Everyone likes me because I’m reliable and friendly and I’m there to try and make things run better and to make the public events more fun, so I take on extra activities as well. They’re all super positive and supportive, which being relatively shy and with bad self esteem, I appreciate it immensely.
Everyone is just so badass in a good way, it’s one of the best things I’ve done, and I don’t feel any staff, volunteers, or the public has treated me any different than anyone else. I’ve heard the senior people talk about other guys that have worked there and nothing sounded anti-male either.
The only thing they single me out for is to grab high up items, which I’m ok with ☺️