Male Nurse Calender

[DapperRN]

Here's a quick question for you guys. The fire department in my city puts out an annual calender to raise money for the dept etc. This calender shows a bunch of guys shirts off and all that. Anyway, a couple of weeks ago myself along with a few other male nurses at my hospital were asked by a PICU nurse (male) if we would be willing to be part of a male nurse calender similar to that of the fire fighters. The purpose of course is to raise money for the pediatric health foundation. To get to the point 12 of us agreed and the ball started rolling until a few vetran (female) nurses put up a HUGE fuss stating that we would be promoting the "nurse as a sex symbol" image. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked male nurses ranked just above plumbers in the fantasy image for the average woman. I'm not saying were not on the list but we do tend to fall past Fire fighter, Army, police... At any rate, a few of the guys are feeling guilty thinking that perhaps these women (very vocal women) may have a point. It's not going to be an X-rated calender or anything. The guy that started all of this is a little apprehensive about it now because of this. Anyway most of us that were asked said we would be happy to wear nothing but scrub pants, a stethoscope and a smile. And besides, I know my girlfriend said she'd buy one (there's at least $20 for the sick kids) Anyway I was just curious about what you fella's might feel about it (last I checked I never met a guy that didn't mind being thought of as a sex object, kidding...maybe) anyway I'm curious to hear what your opinions might be.

[DapperRN]

Okay this is just too funny! Life Guards in Speedo's to the the sweaty Billy's in Speedo's! Cracks me up!!! Utah shocked by shirts off! Try Canada, Good lord I'm still shoveling my car outta snow on a daily basis! Maybe we could skip the whole "sex symbol" thing and just go with bravery "hey look, a canuck dude has his shirt off in January! what a brave guy!" I think the whole provocative theme came from the fact that unless the guys had their shirts off people (primarily women) would be more likely to buy calenders of kittens, puppies and of course the firefighters! I have to say this is giving me a pretty good laugh. And Hey ThatOneGuy we share the same sense of humour! The Beer is on me buddy! Thanks for the input everyone, it's very interesting to hear the varying points of view. Maybe I'm simple minded (or rode the small bus to school) but I really didn't think nothing of the calender until people heard about the idea! I am truely trying to be PC about the whole thing (although becoming ever more spiteful) still interested and taking everyones opinions seriously!

[Corvette Guy]

The calendar is for a worthy cause, so sounds like a good idea to me. Do I want one, heck no! I'd rather have an all female nurse calendar. :chuckle