"Of the 369,000 jobs the Labor Department says were created since the start of Trump's second term, nearly all - 348,000 of them - went to women."

"The lopsidedness was driven by huge growth in health care where women hold 80% of jobs."

The article discusses professions that have historically seen a scarcity of men, and how a concerted effort could be made to draw men towards fields such as nursing, teaching, and social work similar to the push for more women in male dominated industries.

Yes it is an NPR article, so I know there are some on here who will immediately discard it. However I thought it was interesting how it discusses and acknowledges that men are being left behind - an argument which is frequently discussed on this forum.

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/10/nx-s1-5773327/women-men-jobs-health-care-manufacturing

Thoughts?

I think it sets up a "controversy" that is idiotic.

We are currently in a period where some industries are not doing well from an employment perspective.

• Manufacturing and tech, in particular, are likely to continue to face headwinds.
• Medical (aging boomers) and other services are doing well and will likely to continue to do so for a while.

These numbers have nothing to do with the economy "favoring" women and everything to do with growth in some fields. If it continues more men will enter these.

There was a time when almost all teachers were men. It shifted in the mid-1800's because it was a lot cheaper to hire women. Women are no longer "cheap". Men (and women) will tend to migrate to industries where there is more demand.

I dunno. The last male nurse I dealt with during a relative's days-long stay in the hospital was by far the worst of all the nurses there. Constantly ticked off, seemed like it was a chore to be there, helping us was a favor attitude, etc. Give me good competent female nurses thank you.

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My thoughts are I think women's suffrage and the sexual revolution accomplished exactly what it intended

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Day care centers?

Fragile men today are less protected by a diminishing patriarchy. Women on the whole have not had such privilege and therefore are thriving more.

Tough times produce resilient humans produce good times produce decadent humans produce tough times.

techno-ag said:

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I dunno. The last male nurse I dealt with during a relative's days-long stay in the hospital was by far the worst of all the nurses there. Constantly ticked off, seemed like it was a chore to be there, helping us was a favor attitude, etc. Give me good competent female nurses thank you.

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oh well that settles -

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Fragile men today are less protected by a diminishing patriarchy. Women on the whole have not had such privilege and therefore are thriving more.

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Will you be having ranch, honey mustard, or thousand island with that?

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I think it sets up a "controversy" that is idiotic.

We are currently in a period where some industries are not doing well from an employment perspective.

• Manufacturing and tech, in particular, are likely to continue to face headwinds.
• Medical (aging boomers) and other services are doing well and will likely to continue to do so for a while.

These numbers have nothing to do with the economy "favoring" women and everything to do with growth in some fields. If it continues more men will enter these.

There was a time when almost all teachers were men. It shifted in the mid-1800's because it was a lot cheaper to hire women. Women are no longer "cheap". Men (and women) will tend to migrate to industries where there is more demand.

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You cant just enter medicine, you have to get through all the hoops of applying to med school. Then once youre in, you need to be competitive to enter one of the few surgical subspecialties worth pursuing, a ROAD field, or academic IM to pursue GI or oncology. Entering healthcare to be a nurse is a very rough job, and as a midlevel (PA or NP), your pay is pretty capped, so men rightfully wont be beating down the doors to enter this

Burrus86 said:

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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Society has taken the masculinity out of being a man. Bring it back.

Sid Farkas said:

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Burrus86 said:

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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Society has taken the masculinity out of being a man. Bring it back.

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techno-ag said:

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I dunno. The last male nurse I dealt with during a relative's days-long stay in the hospital was by far the worst of all the nurses there. Constantly ticked off, seemed like it was a chore to be there, helping us was a favor attitude, etc. Give me good competent female nurses thank you.

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maybe it was where you were. My husband was in Baylor the Heart hospital in Plano for a total of 30 days between Dec. and Jan. The nurses of both genders and all ethnicities were so excellent. They were kind, supportive, extremely well trained and compassionate. I know since the Heart hospital only deals with heart patients the staff has extra cardiac training. We seriously did not have one RN or PCA that was not wonderful. I would say they went above and beyond but I observe their interaction with other patients and each other, because I stay at the hospital the entire time. I guess all experiences are anecdotal.

Wow, so many simps in a single thread.

Men are treated like disposable trash for decades. Now they are demotivated and constantly gaslit by the olds (who never had to deal with crazy woman quotas) that they are lazy and dumb.

All a plan to profit off this fake love for women by the 65+ crowd.

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Wow, so many simps in a single thread.

Men are treated like disposable trash for decades. Now they are demotivated and constantly gaslit by the olds (who never had to deal with crazy woman quotas) that they are lazy and dumb.

All a plan to profit off this fake love for women by the 65+ crowd.

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"Just go backwards on the socioeconomic status and become a plumber"

Don't like that. We need less women in the workforce. Barefoot and pregnant was the pinnacle of female existence.

Our educational system is built for women and it shows.

Burrus86 said:

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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And society demotivated the **** out of men. Society made white boys hate themselves.

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Burrus86 said:

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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And society demotivated the **** out of men. Society made white boys hate themselves.

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Burrus86 said:

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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So. Much. This.

When someone, or a people, are on top, and then they no longer are, they have no one to blame but themselves.

There's no crying in baseball, yet, for some reason, there's a bunch of whiny little beeches in this country who either failed themselves or their parents failed them, but for sure, the ones who didn't fail are the ones succeeding.

I've recently put up multiple jobs in Indeed and Zip . The number of qualified applicants is dominated by women over men. We also have business overseas and travel there frequently and over there males just seem way more lazy and unambitious compared to women in the last few years. Of course this is all anecdotal but just speaking from my own experience

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Burrus86 said:

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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So. Much. This.

When someone, or a people, are on top, and then they no longer are, they have no one to blame but themselves.

There's no crying in baseball, yet, for some reason, there's a bunch of whiny little beeches in this country who either failed themselves or their parents failed them, but for sure, the ones who didn't fail are the ones succeeding.

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Agree. So much victimhood today is the major issue, some of which is evident even by posters on this thread. Neither society nor anyone else is allowed to define you without your permission.

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Okay, now this is funny, mostly cause it's true.

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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What a freaking joke.

Why is it a joke? He isn't saying being a multimillionaire he is saying being left behind. Being middle class is super easy in this country. Hell upper middle class isn't that difficult. Make good choices, make sacrifices at first, be willing to shift and change. Don't think anything is "beneath" you.

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Burrus86 said:

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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What a freaking joke.

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He's a Boomer. You are expecting too much.

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Pacifico said:

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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What a freaking joke.

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He's a Boomer. You are expecting too much.

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Many successful Gen X'ers and Millennials also agree with the Boomer. Hint, the common theme isn't age, race, background or any other classification.

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The problem with the dudes who post like that is that the woman with a job isn't touching them at all.

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Burrus86 said:

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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Society has taken the masculinity out of being a man. Bring it back.

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Always some else's fault.

Always.

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The problem with the dudes who post like that is that the woman with a job isn't touching them at all.

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Don't you understand, these divorced dudes are the victims! They were perfect! That ******* woman became evil and cold hearted because she had access to outside information....

Dan Carlin said:

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Fragile men today are less protected by a diminishing patriarchy. Women on the whole have not had such privilege and therefore are thriving more.

Tough times produce resilient humans produce good times produce decadent humans produce tough times.

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Do you ever post anything resembling an intelligent remark on this board?

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Burrus86 said:

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The only reason a man will be left behind is because he's too lazy and unmotivated to try.

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And society demotivated men. Society made white boys hate themselves.

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And then women blame the men for divorce. The man is always a narcissist and took advantage of the poor woman.

Both sexes blame the other. Usually both people are at fault in a divorce but people hate to look into the mirror.

Hell same is true for poor people. It's always the system bringing them down. For people on this thread complaining it's that life is just too hard. Failure is usually a result of the person in the mirror and no amount of government will fix failures

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Why is it a joke? He isn't saying being a multimillionaire he is saying being left behind. Being middle class is super easy in this country. Hell upper middle class isn't that difficult. Make good choices, make sacrifices at first, be willing to shift and change. Don't think anything is "beneath" you.

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Everyone in the C-Suite at the $5B company I work for is a chick. Why? Because BlackRock wants it that way.