I've been in an accelerated grad-entry program for six months and have collected about a dozen examples of subtle--the worst kind--discrimination against men in my nursing program. (Using "she" when instructors refer to a generic nurse in my courses is a pet peeve of mine. But, being left off a mailing list to form a chapter of AAMN because my gender was listed as F instead of M was embarassing.)
One question I have for the group is why we think the phrase "male nurse" is an appropriate title? I think the term "male nurse" is sexist. I'm studying to be a nurse, not a male nurse. Our language is always changing and we've eliminated some of the female employment bias by using "server" instead of "waiter or waitress", chairperson instead of "chairman or chairwoman", and mail carrier instead of "mailman or mailwoman".
