The recent meme of ‘women in male fields’, as it always seems to, became another stick to hit men with; and yet another self-serving pity party, to whinge about the trials and tribulations of dating men. To each their own I suppose, and if endlessly regurgitating the same tired jokes, into the same recycled meme pleases you, then by all means, have at it! But I wonder – is the opposite question worth asking? Indeed, to have a discussion that looks into female-dominated workplaces, the men working within them, and the experiences they quietly endure that nobody seems willing to discuss? Psychology, nursing, teaching, childcare, social work… and it goes on. There are so many areas of work where male participation rates are at a historic low, and yet this never registers in advocacy, and certainly not in the shrill whines of narcissistic TikTok social justice warriors. Luckily, some brave academics are peering into the dark gaps of our understanding of workplace disaffirmation; to conduct the biggest, most up-to-date, and highest quality research on the matter. A meta analysis of 85 studies, 361,645 job applications, in 26 countries and covering 44 years… Its findings will surprise the world, and yet you’ll likely never read about it, or hear them discussed. So let’s take a look at what it found… Let’s talk about the men in women’s fields… ~ Study  Images by Getty, Hrant Khachatryan, and Sindy Sussengut.

2025-01-16