I was just looking on photobucket for a cute image to put on my myspace having to do with nursing, and nothing is appropriate! Everything is ....sexy nurse. A couple are actually cute and not that bad, but there's no way I'm gonna contribute to this view by putting it on my page.
Also when I tell guys I'm gonna be a nurse, a lot of them always have some inappropriate comment, like "you can give me a bed bath any day!!"
I even have a gay friend who's a nurse who says he gets the same comments also. They don't bother him. I bet even heterosexual get it too.
It doesn't bother me a whole lot now cuz I'm young and single, but I know as I get on the workforce and get older, I'm gonna get real tired of it.
Even Florence Nightingale had to face this problem when she was gathering a group of nurses for her first campaign in Crimea. A woman alone with men, unclothed men at that was suspect. A woman surrounded by large numbers of male soldiers was at risk. It is no accident that many of those first group of nurses were nuns, the rest were seasoned mature women. The sexed up image was something to be avoided if nursing was to become a legitimate profession.
I agree, I don't want the first thing to enter a woman's mind when I enter the room to be, "Is that my nurse?...rowwwwwl!", i'm not a piece of meat ladies! lol
deftonez188
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I agree, I don't want the first thing to enter a woman's mind when I enter the room to be, "Is that my nurse?...rowwwwwl!", i'm not a piece of meat ladies! lol
J/K, please don't hurt me