“An actuary is an accountant without the fascinating personality,” we used to say when I was a financial services employee. “And they have *really big calculators*!”
I comfort dying people and their families. I wash and care for the newly deceased. People still assume I am a woman. Go figure.
There are no manly jobs, just men who do jobs.
Farmer
Rancher
Ironworker (high rise)
Public Health Doctor (think plague fighter)
There are others
Seal
Ranger
Grunt
Some are not near as glamorous as others, but all are needed at one time or the other.....
Top of the manly list:
Any military special ops gig:
Army Ranger / Green Beret
Navy Seal / Frogman
Marine Force Recon
Air Force Pararescue
etc
Second on the list, any combat arms job or government security detail
Third, cop, fireman, prison guard, etc
6.Soldier. The profession of arms is nowadays seen as low class when it’s not downright despised. People say, “We support our troops” by which they mean, “Those fools couldn’t find any other job.” An army is an indulgence and not a necessity. History is filled with societies anxious to beat their swords into plowshares only to find their neighbors have done the opposite. But what of men like Alexander, Patton, Ceasar, Joshua, Nelson, Washington, Wellington. That I can just write their last names and that you know exactly who I mean and why, shows the true importance of this profession
Judge at a rib cook-off would be the ultimate job.
Otherwise, I like my job...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tKuX3HKKTA
None of these jobs, nor the ones listed in the posts so far, seem to be anything where a man is in much of a position of leadership, management, etc. Implied is that business leaders, teachers, politicians, etc are all supposed to be women or “unmanly” men.