>>cisgender heterosexual white men are considered important by default. You usually don't have to fight for them because the people in power will just fix them.

>>cisgender heterosexual white men are considered important by default. You usually don't have to fight for them because the people in power will just fix them. This is such a lie, From mental Health, to Domestic Abuse, to Substance abuse, there is almost zero funding, or support for programs targeting men; race not withstanding. Try opening a Domestic Violence Shelter for men and see what happens, as a man try going to a domestic violence shelter for aid and see what happens It is "Suck it up and be a man" that is societal response and has been for decades. This is why male suicide is through the roof. >>Specifically for gender representation in nursing and teaching there's three main barriers While some of those are true, there is also a societal narrative that men are abusers, that men can not be trusted with children. Be a single dad and take your child to the park and see the looks from others there, in some cases maybe even has the cops called on you... This extends to teaching and nursing as well. This is related to number 3, but you paint it has a gender norms issue, and while that is some of it, that issue is far more complex then you are leading on.