Should we deliberately recruit more male teachers and nurses in order to raise pay?

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yubgummy · 07/01/2023 16:22

Female-dominated professions in general have lower pay than men's.

The direction of causality is disputed, obviously.

But surely it can't hurt to try to bulk up the numbers of men a bit and see if it increases the prestige and then pay of the profession a bit? If nothing else, a whole bunch of big burly men on the picket lines would probably do wonders for the cause 😉

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Nimbostratus100 · 07/01/2023 21:36

saraclara · 07/01/2023 21:22

It is no different for a woman than it is for a man,

Theoretically it isn't, but in reality, men are far more at risk from false or mistaken accusations. So they have to be far more careful, and may decide that it's just not worth it, as they simply don't feel safe, or that they would be supported.

It may well be that men feel more at risk, but it terms o the actual practicalities of working in a school, it is the same

FrippEnos · 07/01/2023 21:42

IntentionalError · 07/01/2023 17:17

Teachers have always been notorious for constantly moaning about their salaries and their workloads and their hours and their pupils and their pensions and their employers and even their holidays, and at secondary level the proportions of men to women have always been fairly even. It’s a teacher thing, not a gender thing.

Oh dear

FrippEnos · 07/01/2023 21:43

yubgummy

You need to make the professions more attractive so that anybody wants to do them because at the moment very few do.

dolor · 07/01/2023 23:52

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