In the article "Women Dentistry," talks about how women play a big part in the dental field and how men do not. This field is more of a soft and gentle nature and that is what women are. Most people believe that men should not be in the dental field and if they are they should be the actual dentist, well I think different.
"Gender differences in income are frequent topics of discussion. According to a 1995 ADA survey, nearly two-thirds of female dentists believe that they earn less than their male counterparts, while nearly two-thirds of male dentists believe that there is no gender difference in dentists." Men may not think there are difference, but there is. This is another reason why some men wont go into the dental hygienist field because they will earn less money. Womens jobs tend to get paid way less than mens jobs because they are not as hard or important as mens jobs. All jobs should be equal no matter if it is a man job or a woman job.
Women have been going into mens jobs for years now, but men will not dare to try to go into a womens job. "The number of women in the pipeline for a career in dentistry has grown dramatically over the last 30 years." Pipeline is a very dangerous and is mainly for men because women are too weak. That is the same with Dental hygiene. Men wont go into that field because they will be made fun of because it is a gentle job. Well if men were more like women maybe all the jobs would be equal.
'Men were more likely than women to say they would be in a solo practice five years after dental school." Another reason more men do not go into being a dental hygienist because they like to work solo which makes them want to go into being just a dentist. Women frequently like to work together with other people and not have there own practice. If more men went into the dental hygienist field then maybe they would be roll models for other men.
All around my town there are mainly men dentists and they are accompanied by there female assistants. That's why I think men are down graded because they think that they cant go into that field because it is all women. Men should be able to do what they want without being judged.
For years women have dominated the dental hygienist field. Men need to step up and show that they can do womens jobs just like women have showed that they can do mens jobs just as well as men can do them.
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In the article "Why aren't there a lot of male dental hygienists," it states many reasons why it is a female dominated field. The purpose of this article is to show that males get negatively impacted by this because there are many males that want to go into this field, but they wont because they will get judged if they do.
There are many dentists out there that may not want a male assistant, they prefer a female. Although that may be true that's not the only reason why females dominate this profession. "Similar to nursing, it has historically been a female dominated profession. I think this is due to the patriarchal expectations where the man is the doctor and the woman is his second." In history females always have came in second. That's why women are very slim in the doctor fields, its always men. To me men are scared they will be judged if they go into this field.
"Dental assistance is a job that requires the most delicate and cautious hands – and females are known to have these kinds of hands. This may seem discriminatory but this is a known fact." This is another reason why men do not want to go into this field. This is stereotypical. Most men are very strong and muscular and dentist do not want that as their assistants, but some men are kind of skinny and not as muscular and don't you think that if they wanted to go in this field wouldn't that be acceptable?
"choose the careful female hands more than the rough handling done by male hands." People may prefer little soft hands to work on there mouth than manly hands, but what do they think there dentists hands are? Your dentist is a male with big hands. What is the difference between your dentist being a male and the assistant being one to?
I was talking with my friends about this topic the other day and they agreed with me. If men want to do a female dominated job then they should be able to without being judged. This is the same with women if they wanted to go into a male dominated field then they should be able to. They way our society is brought up is that reason why we think the way we do. If our society was not stereotypical about gender roles then maybe there would be more men in this field.
Gender roles plays a big part in the dental field. Men are being stereotyped for wanting to go into this field and that is wrong. That is why there aren't very many men in this field because one they don't want to come in second like women and they don't want to be made fun of. We need to change our society so it will not be like this.
There are many dentists out there that may not want a male assistant, they prefer a female. Although that may be true that's not the only reason why females dominate this profession. "Similar to nursing, it has historically been a female dominated profession. I think this is due to the patriarchal expectations where the man is the doctor and the woman is his second." In history females always have came in second. That's why women are very slim in the doctor fields, its always men. To me men are scared they will be judged if they go into this field.
"Dental assistance is a job that requires the most delicate and cautious hands – and females are known to have these kinds of hands. This may seem discriminatory but this is a known fact." This is another reason why men do not want to go into this field. This is stereotypical. Most men are very strong and muscular and dentist do not want that as their assistants, but some men are kind of skinny and not as muscular and don't you think that if they wanted to go in this field wouldn't that be acceptable?
"choose the careful female hands more than the rough handling done by male hands." People may prefer little soft hands to work on there mouth than manly hands, but what do they think there dentists hands are? Your dentist is a male with big hands. What is the difference between your dentist being a male and the assistant being one to?
I was talking with my friends about this topic the other day and they agreed with me. If men want to do a female dominated job then they should be able to without being judged. This is the same with women if they wanted to go into a male dominated field then they should be able to. They way our society is brought up is that reason why we think the way we do. If our society was not stereotypical about gender roles then maybe there would be more men in this field.
Gender roles plays a big part in the dental field. Men are being stereotyped for wanting to go into this field and that is wrong. That is why there aren't very many men in this field because one they don't want to come in second like women and they don't want to be made fun of. We need to change our society so it will not be like this.
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