Great job articulating the message on such a hot topic. As we have discussed in previous years, stereotypes and social media are both issues when it comes to the nursing profession. Men face stereotypes in the workplace and can be interrogated by the media on their choice for nursing as a career, their sexuality, their masculinity and can be seen as unreliable and unable to follow “nursing characteristics” (Weaver, Ferguson, Wilbourn, & Salamonson, 2014). The media highlights these stereotypes making it difficult to recruit and retain male nurses despite the need for nurses as the baby boomers enter an age of increased chronic diseases and comorbidities. Female nurses face the stereotype of sexy, model like accessories for the doctor’s arm.
