Sunday, September 9, 2012

Male day care attendants?

At the expensive but competent day care my grandchildren attend in North Carolina, some of the teachers, caretakers, attendants, what ever they are called, are male.  At first this surprised me, then I thought, why not?  Women have been taking over jobs once dominated by men, and jobs once entirely filled by females are now gender neutral.

Remember when stewardesses served the peanuts?  No longer, peanuts and soft drinks are handed out by flight attendants.  Last week, on the plane from Shreveport to Atlanta, we had a male attendant who could only mumble instructions. From  Atlanta to Raleigh Durham the attendant was female, but returning to Atlanta two men pitched peanuts and offered water.  The female attendant on the plane from Atlanta to Shreveport was an attractive female and looked the way stewardesses used to look.

When I went to school the only male teacher in elementary was the seventh grade teacher, the one who told so many tales and is the subject of some of my stories.  The high school had two male coaches who sort of taught classes.

There was a time before teaching became almost entirely a field for women that men dominated the profession. Now, you have male teachers in all grades.  It is only right that all professions be open to both genders.



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