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What a sexist stereotypical comment. If you were to say something to her about all females are xyz she would throw a fit. People like this need to be called out and reported. It shows she already views male students as slobs and a step below female students.
Was the previous instructor a male?
What an offensive comment. Here's a test to find out whether it was appropriate or not. Imagine the outcry if that statement was "A _______ (minority group) must have been teaching in the classroom! It's a mess!". Everyone would automatically be offended, right? Prolly not enough of an issue to take action about, but that instructor bears watching because to me, this comment indicates some anti-male bias.
The instructors comment wasn't meant to offend any one. I'm a male nurse. And I keep a neat working environment. However, in my opinion. It doesn't matter if the nurse is either male or female. If someone has messy habits. Then that's what makes them messy. Maybe she knows a few messy guys. But messy people are just messy people. Even if they try to change the habits. People sometimes still fall back to their old habits.
The instructors comment wasn't meant to offend any one. ...
It is not a matter of offense, it is a matter of her attitude and perception of men (messy=male) and her sexisim (which could lead to discrimination).
If she thinks men are messy, she will see messy men and ignore all the ones that are not. She will see that one male in the class who is a bit messy compared to the other males (but maybe not near as messy as a female) and ride him for it.
Are men messy, yes. Are women messy, yes. Not all (or even most) are though.
Seen plenty of women nurses get fired for negligence, so I think it's a personality issue, not a gender issue. I've been a nurse for 6 years without any issues such as messiness/sloppiness and if anything, next year will be even better and more enjoyable.
You know what? Just from my own observations in the unit, from the comments I overheard, it looks like women are just extremely jealous of us men because they believe we have "special privileges" in the unit. They don't accept that all the successes I had were earned. Nobody ever gave me anything for free because of a special status.
It's jealousy-hence the hostile comments such as "men are not as neat" and so forth.
Cheers.
LVN_Soon2Be
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So I'm a nursing student and my instructor today said "A man must have been teaching in the classroom! It's a mess!"
She also went on about how most male nurses are sloppy and messy.
I was like "really?"
When I worked as a CNA I would NEVER leave my rooms messy. I liked having nice and tidy rooms!
Do you think male nurses are messy?