Not sure about the disability profession starting in the late 90's. I have just
checked the staff photo from the mid 70's and see that out of the 31 staff just 7
were male.
Ian
Quoting A Velarde <[log in to unmask]>:
> There might be some truth on that. One of the dividing lines is that there
> is an association between gender and professions. Care/welfare related
> activities are considered to be part of a matriarchal function.
> Industry/production are more male-hunting function.
>
> However, I would say that a contributing factor to associating disability
> with a female activity, predominately, rest also on the part-time/ term time
>
> basis, the disability profession started in the late 1990s.
>
> Anyway guys, lucky us I should say!.
>
> best, Andy
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerard Conroy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:53 PM
> Subject: Re: multiple equalities
>
>
> >I offer my two pennorth worth. Take these with a pinch of salt, pretend
> >it's
> > Friday after a night out
> >
> > There are more females than males in disability support because:
> >
> > 1. It is seen to be a "caring profession"
> > 2. Salaries are not high enough to attract males, nor is there a
> > large enough career progression path.
> >
> >
> > Having said all that there are far more males than there used to be. I
> > used
> > to think I was the "token" male at meetings.
> >
>
--
Ian Webb
Disability Adviser/Assessor
MNADP
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