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In the US, male nurses are highly valued. I am not sure why this is not so in Sweden. On the other hand, people are wary of male preschool teachers. These two f
by maire 4y ago
In the US, male nurses are highly valued. I am not sure why this is not so in Sweden. On the other hand, people are wary of male preschool teachers. These two fields seem to be equivalent in Sweden.
In the US - Cleaners are not well paid. I am not sure why men want to join this field. The best cleaner I ever had left as soon as she landed a better paying job. I see plenty of husband and wife teams where the wife does the cleaning and the husband does the gardening. The husband is typically paid at least 30% more than the wife. Maybe this is a higher status job in Sweden?
- pyuser583 4y agoCleaning had, at least in theory, lots of flexibility.
- moeris 4y ago> I am not sure why men want to join this field. Because having a job is better than not having a job. You could say the same thing for being a dishwasher, say. Just because people typically don't want to make an entire career out of a job doesn't mean that discrimination isn't problematic.
- maire 4y agoI just did a quick check and on average cleaners in the US are paid less than warehouse workers (and for that matter dishwashers). I also used to buy into the theory of male blue collar jobs disappearing until I saw all the well paid blue collar jobs that men won't take. (After all, I supported Yang.) I think even Yang now disbelieves his own theory and is looking at other reasons why men are dropping out of the work force.
- nitwit005 4y ago> In the US - Cleaners are not well paid. I am not sure why men want to join this field. There are some well compensated cleaning jobs in some (definitely not all) hospitals and schools.