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No. 10
from LEN-RN
Old Jun 20, 2009, 04:00 AM

Default Re: You will NEVER believe this guys...discrimination???
Maybe the school had an inservice about discrimination, and this instructor is trying to get brownie points. Certainly sounds overzealous.
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No. 11
from rbs105
Old Jun 20, 2009, 04:00 AM

Default Re: You will NEVER believe this guys...discrimination???
I think this is more an issue of it bugging him that someone would blow something up like this. Like in my heart (or whatever the posters name is) he has to just take it because he is the student and completely at his instructors mercy. I haven't quite figured out what he means by the 'man' comment but will chock it up to a guy thing! As morte said though, I would also want to know why this instructor did this. Obviously he has no choice but to suck it up. You can't let something stupid in school ruin a career. He seems to have enough people backing him and luckily, his reputation to stand on. Thanks for the thoughts...
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No. 12
from BabyLady
Old Jun 20, 2009, 06:34 AM

Default Re: You will NEVER believe this guys...discrimination???
Yes, I would wager that this borderlines discrimination, because if the instructor is a woman, and if you had female that said, "I am so sick and tired of all of the references to nurses in porn videos!"...she would have been reported to the safety officer.

I'm a female, but if I were a guy, that would make me mad as a hornet.
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No. 13
from itsbuzzy
Old Jun 20, 2009, 10:32 AM

Default Re: You will NEVER believe this guys...discrimination???
I really like the show Nurse Jackie. I think it's funny. The fact that both male nurses that have had screen are both, is a little stereotypical, but it is only 3 episdoes in now. They may have some more that haven't showed up yet. I know that doesn't really go with your post, but I like the show. lol
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No. 14
from Tweety
Old Jun 20, 2009, 11:02 AM

Default Re: You will NEVER believe this guys...discrimination???
There's always two sides to every story. Perhaps he wasn't innocently having a conversation, but was a bit aggressive in his opinion, or there's more behaviors than just this one conversation the instructor is concerned about.

Obviously he needs to talk it out and tread carefully.

Stereotypes are wrong. But being "disgusted" is a bit of an over-reaction in my opinion and perhaps reflects homophobia.

Around here there are five str8 guys for every gay guy and I've never heard any complaints about stereotypes. But it might be regional, or it might be conversations they have away from me.
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No. 15
from Paco386
Old Jun 20, 2009, 01:12 PM

Default Re: You will NEVER believe this guys...discrimination???
The portrayal of male nurses as gay on TV programs is something that will take a while to become a thing of complete historical significance. We are making some inroads into this however, when you have shows like "Private Practice" where one of the male characters is a heterosexual nurse-midwife.

The male student the OP mentioned is in an accelerated BSN so I will have to assume that he'll be done fairly quickly in the program. Hope he can do his best to fly under the radar until he gets his degree and move forward with his career.
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