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USA: George Washington University School of Nursing launches chapter of the American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN) to break down gender stereotypes within the profession and support men in nursing

coffeeinvenice

December 10, 2018

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https://dailynurse.com/gw-nursing-launches-student-organization-for-male-nursing-students/

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Title	USA: George Washington University School of Nursing launches chapter of the American Association for Men in Nursing (AAMN) to break down gender stereotypes within the profession and support men in nursing
Author	coffeeinvenice
Upvotes	233
Comments	20
Date	December 10, 2018 1:45 PM UTC (7 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/a4vs28/usa_george_washington_university_school_of/
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[–]pasta4u 24 points25 points26 points 7 years ago (16 children) | Copy Link

[+]coffeeinvenice1 points 7 years ago [recovered] (8 children) | Copy Link

No reason for the /s. It would be more reasonable, however, to continue to advocate for the full removal of barriers to men entering, and succeeding in, the nursing profession. Note the goals of the AAMN as stated on their website:

AAMN Objectives include:

Encourage men of all ages to become nurses and join together with all nurses in strengthening and humanizing health care.

*Support men who are nurses to grow professionally and demonstrate to each other and to society the increasing contributions being made by men within the nursing profession.

*Advocate for continued research, education and dissemination of information about men's health issues, men in nursing, and nursing knowledge at the local and national levels.

*Support members' full participation in the nursing profession and it's organizations and use this Association for the limited objectives stated above.

[–]Bunglau 6 points7 points8 points 7 years ago (2 children) | Copy Link

[+]coffeeinvenice1 points 7 years ago [recovered] (1 child) | Copy Link

Patients expressing a preference for female nurses over males when receiving health care.
Female nurses expressing reluctance to work with male nurses (assuming if and when that happens).
Hospital HR departments potentially expressing an unconscious bias in favor of hiring female nurses when an equally competent male candidate is available (again assuming if and when that happens).
High school teachers and guidance counsellors not knowing enough about nursing as a career option for male high school students.

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[–]andejoh 1 point2 points3 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

To some extent, I view this differently. AAMN is a freedom of association issue. My understanding is that a social group can discriminate based on gender as long as that's not the sole basis for discrimination. There has to be other factors sufficient to make it "exclusive" so you can't have a women's only, maybe not even a college women only, but you probably could have a big ten women only group. AAMN is different from something like Google doing a gender exclusive thing.

The question then becomes should the school accept a partnership for a program that only helps male students. Title IX gives guidance there. Programs for men can exist as long as programs for women also exist or if programs for women are not needed (ie there is no demand). The question in my mind is what exactly is the partnership. To me, it seems no different than a fraternity or sorority or a black student union, etc.

[–]KMKEEPS 0 points1 point2 points 7 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link