Gay male nurse stereotype? - Page 11

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  1. Aug 27, '09 by
    Quote from greygooseuria
    So, a question has arisen in my mind since I have been in CNA class waiting for nursing school to start.

    There are only 2 guys in my class of 25, and the other guy is married and I'm gay. After doing clinicals in the hospital, I have yet to see another gay male CNA or nurse.

    Where does this stereotype come from? I am not seeing it at all.

    You expected male nurses to be gay? Thats intersting. A gay guy stereotyping gay guys? Or straight guys? Or nurses? Man! I just confused myself! I think that stereotype comes from when society considered nursing to be a womans job. Only men with female ways would want to be a nurse? Don't know the answer for sure but I have never run into that stereotye personaly unless people keep it to themselves when I am around.
  2. Aug 28, '09 by
    I personally have only come across 1 gay CNA, all the other male Nurses I know were married etc and straight (although I do know gay men who were in the past or currently married to women lol).

    The stereotype I come across is the male Nurse who is attempting to become a Doctor. People can't seem to understand that a man would look at Nursing as a goal rather than a stepping stone. Every other day I am asked by patients and their families if I am studying to be a Dr.
  3. Aug 28, '09 by
    Quote from Bug Out
    I personally have only come across 1 gay CNA, all the other male Nurses I know were married etc and straight (although I do know gay men who were in the past or currently married to women lol).
    Thank you for saying that because it concerns me seeing the number of comments here like "Well there are 5 guys in my class but we're all married" or something along those lines.

    Being married or even having an opposite sex partner means nothing folks in terms of sexuality.

    Ask any gay person and they will tell you that either they themselves were married at one time or they were with someone who was married at one time or another.

    I've lived in different cities around the country and seeing men married with children in gay bars picking up other men is a very,very common activity everywhere I've lived or visited.

    I say that because I've seen people in nursing assume so much about men on both sides. I've seen many colleagues just assume that if the new guy isn't married or doesn't have a girlfriend, then he's probably gay.

    Some men just don't want to be married or attached, plain and simple. It doesn't make them gay.
    Last edit by RN34TX on Aug 28, '09 : Reason: typo
  4. Aug 28, '09 by
    Quote from Bug Out
    The stereotype I come across is the male Nurse who is attempting to become a Doctor. People can't seem to understand that a man would look at Nursing as a goal rather than a stepping stone. Every other day I am asked by patients and their families if I am studying to be a Dr.
    Now this I run into very frequently. Either I'm studying to be a doctor or I failed medical school and became a nurse instead because I couldn't cut it as a doctor. As if...............Every nurse knows plenty of doctors who can't cut it as a doctor yet they still are one.
  5. Sep 3, '09 by
    i just started nursing school this week. there are 8 males in my class. out of all of us i know for sure that the 5 black male students are gay; only know because they are flamboyant and not at all trying to hide it. the other 3 white males and we are all straight.
  6. Sep 3, '09 by
    Quote from ric31
    i just started nursing school this week. there are 8 males in my class. out of all of us i know for sure that the 5 black male students are gay; only know because they are flamboyant and not at all trying to hide it. the other 3 white males and we are all straight.
    i fail to realize how the students' skin tone was relevant to your claim.
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  7. Sep 3, '09 by
    Quote from ric31
    i just started nursing school this week. there are 8 males in my class. out of all of us i know for sure that the 5 black male students are gay; only know because they are flamboyant and not at all trying to hide it. the other 3 white males and we are all straight.
    how do you know the other three white guys are straight? was there some kind of weird introductions the first day of class?
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    Sep 3, '09 by
    Quote from ric31
    i just started nursing school this week. there are 8 males in my class. out of all of us i know for sure that the 5 black male students are gay; only know because they are flamboyant and not at all trying to hide it. the other 3 white males and we are all straight.
    not sure what your point is.
  9. Sep 3, '09 by
    I think the point is there are 5 gay guys and three straight guys in his class? Thats an intersting ratio. I doubt it is typical. I know it was not typical for my class. Yes, we did talk about it in class. We had one bi guy, one bi girl, three straight guys and one girl that just wasnt sure. the other 6 girls were straight as an arrow.

    On a different note, it will be nice when we reach apoint when you can mention the color of someones skin without everyone getting all excited. I dont care if you describe me as white. My black, white, brown and yellow(yes she is actually yellow) friends use their colors when describing themselves OMG! Did I actually say black? I hope I didnt offend anyone! <why do i have the feeling this post wont be here when i logon next time.>
  10. Sep 4, '09 by
    That's one of the conclusions you can draw from his post if you decide not to use all that is given. In the context of this discussion, what he said could be quite discriminating and would require some clarification, unless he doesn't wish to be taken seriously.