I read an article some years ago, about a school which hired a man kindergarten teacher. And there were numerous parental complaints and concerns about a man in such a job.
At least in that place, its as if people just expect that a kindergarten teacher will be female.
And we could explore why people.have such ingrained attitudes about what is appropriate for men in the teaching profession.
A friend from college became a kindergarten teacher. He came out of the closet a few years after college. He is so gay, I think he should have been born a female, and I am waiting to hear that he has decided he is a female. I am guessing that he was the best kindergarten teacher at the school where he taught. Illness made him leave teaching. Now he plans weddings and plays housewife to the “love of his life.”
I think people are more comfortable with women teachers in Kindergarten because kids are still young, some still having “accidents” at times, etc. In this day and age, men are of course tending kids from all ages at home, taking them to restrooms, etc. I think some moms just feel more comfortable with handing them over to women for the early school experience in K. After that, I wouldn’t think there would be any anxiety about having male teachers. We had a couple in my grade school back in the stone age and they were excellent teachers who were respected and revered by their students as well as the parents.