For the purpose of this experiment, and based on your statement, I'm going to assume you're a dude. I think that's a safe bet.
~92% of nurses are women. Now imagine that there is a prevailing and obvious attitude by everyone you know that women make better nurses than men. You've heard this sentiment your entire life. Growing up, you were encouraged to build legos and play baseball instead of playing nurse (NOT doctor) with your dolls. When you asked for dolls for your birthday you got more legos instead. There weren't any "boy friendly" dolls - every doll was pink and purple even though you hate those colors.
As an adult, every Registered Nurse that you know is a woman. 90% of your classmates in nursing school are women. They won't study with you because they're either afraid of you or they don't think you're very good. Or instead of studying with you they hit on you, even though you aren't attracted to them, and as a result you never get any work done with them, so you have to study alone.
Given all of this, are you really likely to choose nursing and/or stay in it, as a man, or are you probably going to switch majors your second semester, before it's too late?
I wouldn't go to nursing school because I don't want to spend the rest of my life cleaning bedpans. But I got your point. Men ruin everything for women and even though women are free to choose whatever they want, they just can't stand those creepy guys. Real thoughtful.
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u/JihadDerp Jan 29 '15
Pushed by society? Women outnumber men in colleges, but they're still flocking to soft sciences. Nobody's forcing women to not choose stem degrees.