You a female pilot? Do you know Dashing Dasher?
My over 300 pound MIL just had knee surgery. It took 3 male nurses to lift her. I don't know how many female nurses is would have taken. There are just times when male "brawn" wins over the female "brain."
There are quite a few male nurses in trauma centers. There are some pretty scary people who come into emergency rooms. Male nurses aren't as easily intimidated by them.
Personally I think, that if they changed the name "nurse" to something else, alot more men would get into the profession. Whenever I hear the word "nurse" I automatically think of the WWII nurse with the skirt and funny hat. And another thing, RN's do not clean bedpans.
"Male nurse stands...it's just a frickin' weird profession for a guy."
Why is it "wierd"? Nurses were male as a matter of course until Florence Nightingale came along in the mid 19th century. She had a hard time getting the authorities to let her set up her hospitals during the Crimean War because it wasn't considered a "proper" job for a woman. So now it's the other way around! There's no inherent gender distinction involved in the actual job description. BTW men were the first secretaries, typists, etc., too. Only gradually did those become "women's jobs."
Do you work in the cockpit or the box office?
The term used to be aviatrix.