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Men in pink collar positions, what's your experience? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Pink collar positions are office jobs that have been dominated by women for the past 70 years or so--secretary, receptionist, administrative assistant, scheduler, etc.

In my life, I've only ever met a single man who worked as a receptionist in a medical office.

Recently in a thread about AI showing bias against job applications, someone mentioned male names being thrown in the discard pile for women's positions.

If you're a man who is in the field OR has tried to get into it, what's your experiece been?

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[–] 21 points 2 months ago

For me it's been very positive. But I generally like women better than men, so I fit in pretty well. I've always had more female than male friends, so I don't feel awkward or out of place at all, and people have been very welcoming.

Additionally, I've seen zero evidence of discrimination against me. In fact I feel I have unfortunately benefited to an extent from internalized misogyny. I feel like I get more respect and attention to my ideas than my female colleagues--even when we're arguing for the same things.

Now maybe some of that is my personality and competence but I'm not convinced all of it is.

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