There is a lot of talk about having similar number of men and women in a profession. For example there is a push for more women in mathematics, physics, engineering and other STEM fields.

Additionally there are people who want to push for more men in psychology. And in that field men are indeed a minority.

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Male vs female psychology students in university:

1)https://www.zippia.com/psychologist-jobs/demographics/

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But why would there actually be a need for more men to pursue psychology? Well some have suggested ways fewer men could affect the field:

2) https://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2011/01/cover-men

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This article highlights how in psychology (and some other fields such as law), men are generally outnumbered by women. It states that experts in psychology have not reached a consensus if this is a bad thing. This article does mention that some psychologists say men understand each other better and this can help in therapy for example. Therefore, more men in psychology can help make progress with male mental health issues, something that is often discussed today.

So sometimes, men may prefer a male therapist, but also men being psychologists can improve the research aspect of psychology too. The article says "I think having a lack of diversity limited the learning in some areas". Psychology is a field where a balance of different perspectives can help researchers go deeper into things and analyse topics from more than one point of view. Additionally, men are obviously different to one another. Therefore, you can't ask one man to give insight into all men. This is another reason why many men being in the field is beneficial.

Psychology is a field that will benefit from a diverse workforce.

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There are a few more points in the article, such as salaries stagnating in women dominated fields. I recommend giving the whole thing a read.

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Then, is anyone trying to do something about this? In Norway the university of Oslo and university of Bergen tried. They wanted to reserve a minimum of 30% of places in the course for male students. However, this idea was not approved:

3) https://www.tnp.no/norway/politics/5458-norwegian-universities-want-equality-for-men/%3famp

4) https://kifinfo.no/en/2017/03/male-gender-quotas-denied

5) https://kifinfo.no/en/2016/05/positive-towards-gender-points

6) https://kifinfo.no/en/2016/05/uio-says-no-gender-points-men

They suggested specific ways to get more men studying psychology such as gender points. This was denied, and perhaps another method would be better, that should be considered. There were interesting arguments made, but it is hard to say what is the best for education of course. However, hopefully these universities and others continue to push for this. Hopefully people try to find ways to properly get more men into the field.

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There is an effort to include men more in the field of psychology. However, at this time, I see little effort actually having an effect.