Gender Discrimination In Nursing

Register to read the introduction… There are nurses who work in cities and big professional hospitals as well as there are nursing homes in both the city and in rural areas that lack basic health care facilities for not only the patients but also the nurses have to suffer from these basic deficiencies. (Anderko, Robertson and Lewis, 1999). On the other hand, we also find discrimination in male and female nurses in the professional nursing environment similar to that in other work places regarding sexuality. Though, both male and female nurses have the same potential and ability to offer their humanistic services to the patients and the needy but they are discriminated in various aspects. For instance, in educational standards, hiring them and the salary stuff etc. (Kramer and Hafner, 1989) At the same time, we also find differences in the projection of media. There was a time that the profession of nursing was considered to be best for women but now with the passage of time and modernization, not only men are equally participating in this filed but also women are losing their traditional respect as professional nurses. Nonetheless, educational institutions also provide professional trainings. Moreover, various courses are also included in the professional training process of …show more content…
For instance, a recently pop rock album, “blink-182, Enema of the State” made from the same movie, is projecting satirical and naughty images of women nurses. (Fagin, Maraldo and Mason, October 26, 2004) If media is projecting women nurses of being a symbol of naughty, seductive and erotic individuals to entertain and flirt men at hospitals, media should also highlight the role of men that how they seduce nurses at hospitals and how they sexually assault them side-by-side. Well this behavior of men is not new since it is practiced at all working places discriminating women from men by these emotional and sensitive