I think that sometimes the opposite of discrimination happens for men in a traditionally woman dominated profession. Most of the men I work with do get more respect and I've heard stats about how men get promoted faster... This is of course not true all the time but men I work with do seem to get the benefit of the doubt(with patients, docs,etc.) where I usually have to prove myself. Sorry I kind of started rambling...I think you'll do great in nursing so long as you work hard and apply yourself.