tbrd450

tbrd450

I have watched actors portray nurses

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  1. What would I do?

    I just watched the surveillance video of the savage, brutal, unjustified, cowardly beating death of inmate Jessie Lee Williams on YouTube. A gang of cowardly, badged thugs brutalized and tortued the man until he died. The surveillance video is now in...
  2. The End of Men

    "But my perception of what happened in the 70's is that a lot of young women coming up in the late 60's were open to knew ways of thinking of themselves and created a climate that forced courts and legislatures to accommodate their expectations." Abs...
  3. The End of Men

    Today's typical young male who refuses to seriously consider any job collectively deemed "woman's work" isn't likely rejecting it because it is presumed easy. It is not the complexity of it that makes it "woman's work." Some of the most mundane, simp...
  4. The End of Men

    YES!... very well stated. I almost entirely agree with everything you wrote. I, too, find it difficult to swallow -- the basic notion that we are simply getting what we deserve. Granted, nobody has actually said that, but the underlying current of en...
  5. The End of Men

    "If true, than who has "the stronger intuitive knowledge" of male anatomy? Male doctors, right? What are the implications of that when it comes to bedside nursing?" "I suppose that would entirely depend on if having a female practitioner or nurse is...
  6. The End of Men

    "Also consider, that in some cases, that preference might stem from the cultural hypersensitivity women have garnered from a history of sexual objectification, exploitation, shaming, and brutalization at the hands of who? Oh yeah, men." And, there yo...
  7. The End of Men

    "I hardly think that in general, men face fierce cultural opposition from women (their mothers included) when they decide to become nurses. With women, more so than with men, there is a greater flexibility with regard to gender role fluidity, especia...
  8. The End of Men

    I can't help but cringe when people place the "crisis" situation at the feet of men, exclusively. It actually is somewhat of a condescending contention toward all women. It sort of minimizes their role in our society, their input, their contributio...
  9. The End of Men

    Men are afraid of doing "woman's work." YES. Absolutely. Everyone acknoweldges that. Now, let's go a step further. WHY? Why is it so? To change the grand collective perception that doing "woman's work" is unmanly -- a perception, by the way, that is...
  10. The End of Men

    hee, hee. yep, that's me - I likely have more issues than Time magazine! But, my friend, as M. Scott Peck once wrote, it is the unwise man who claims not to. Or wait... maybe that was from a Woody Allen movie!. Doh! However, that has nothing to ...
  11. The End of Men

    It is simply about keeping things real. There is genuine altrusitic reward in doing so. While "winning allies" may not always appear likely at first, I've come to realize that people tend to know the truth when they hear (or read) it. I take solac...
  12. The End of Men

    Re: "When a man comes of age...." Yes, men and women coming of age should define themselves in their own terms; and they should do so seriously for the benefit of the next generation. For a young man, this means braving the cultural message that tell...
  13. The End of Men

    YES!... This dude is dead on accurate, in Tbrd's assessment. He wrote: "Nor is this about trying to argue that men should be regarded as victims. I detest the whole idea of competing to be victims. And I'm certainly not denying that culture has expl...
  14. The End of Men

    Triquee, Good points. I mostly agree. I differ a little from what I think is your understanding and contention that this sort of predicament men find themselves in now in this evolutionary snapshot in time is as simplistic as resulting solely from me...
  15. The End of Men

    It is true that while the barriers to women entering traditionally male fields appeared more direct and overt, the barriers now preventing men from entering traditionally female fields are definitely real, significant and crippling. They are just mo...
  16. What is it like to be a nurse in a prison?

    Thank you for the compliment. However, nothing I have written here hasn't already been written/said. The slippery slope has been well researched and studied. There are few things in this world that are absolutely certain, however, one thing that c...
  17. Male nursing and needing chaperone

    True, true.... and more true. Requesting a female be present was as much about protecting the medical professional as it was about protecting the female patient. Why? Because society has not been able (even to this day) to fully grasp the out-of-wa...
  18. Male nursing and needing chaperone

    It is good to hear that this is often not an issue. The fact remains, however, that healthcare choices are gender based to some extent. Ideally, a nurse is viewed as a nurse. It sounds like most patients do view it that way. Patients come with the...
  19. What is it like to be a nurse in a prison?

    What is it like to be a nurse in a prison? It is highly autonomous. Your patients' health is in your hands. They have no second opinion. You will not have to worry about your patients' families. You will feel the pull of the custody culture around y...
  20. The End of Men

    One way that researchers conclude whether or not outreach and recruitment is working or not (in any field) is to look at the results. That is often how policies designed to bring gender balance to traditionally male fields were/are evaluated. Obviou...
  21. The End of Men

    I just happen to think that there hasn't been any real major push to recruit males to nursing schools. There hasn't been any real effort to display/project the profession as one potentially appealing to male graduates (high school or college). Unl...
  22. The End of Men

    Excellent Point! The "face" of public relations is so often female for a reason. But before I comment on that, there is a separate issue here. That issue is what appears to be a double standard in how gender dominated professions are balanced throug...
  23. Exactly. The healing role is different than the custody role. Someone inside the facility has to treat the inmates' medical conditions from a perspective of advocacy, albeit, limited and narrowly constructed. Someone inside has to view them as hum...
  24. The Power of Words

    The paraplegic inmate was "relocated to the floor," according to the official statement from the sheriff's office (http://www.tampabay.com/components/video/?bctid=47948381001). Interesting way to describe the event. It almost gives one the impression...
  25. What do you do when the CO's won't take action?

    Yes, Katkonk, many people incarcerated are murderers and rapists. And, for what it is worth, it is also a fact that the overwhelming vast majority of all incarcerated Americans never murdered anyone nor raped anyone. The percentage of non-violent i...