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Playing the Gender Card

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Why Men Behave the Way They Do

The precarious status of masculinity drives many men to see the profession as the equivalent of braiding hair with pink ribbons. This idea is deeply woven into our culture. It's worth pointing out that societyl messages that constrain man have oftene developed by men. All this leads us back to robert vaughan's dilemma about whether to become a nurse. Think about all the jokes you've heard about male nurses, dan,. You've heard them on friends, nurse, not a doctor, eh? Kind of girl, isn'tit? And even on shows about hospital life, like howd sorr, can you remember if y most yet for being a male nurse and scrubs

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