Pink collar positions are office jobs that have been dominated by women for the past 70 years or so–secretary, receptionist, administrative assistant, scheduler, etc.
In my life, I’ve only ever met a single man who worked as a receptionist in a medical office.
Recently in a thread about AI showing bias against job applications, someone mentioned male names being thrown in the discard pile for women’s positions.
If you’re a man who is in the field OR has tried to get into it, what’s your experiece been?
For me it’s been very positive. But I generally like women better than men, so I fit in pretty well. I’ve always had more female than male friends, so I don’t feel awkward or out of place at all, and people have been very welcoming.
Additionally, I’ve seen zero evidence of discrimination against me. In fact I feel I have unfortunately benefited to an extent from internalized misogyny. I feel like I get more respect and attention to my ideas than my female colleagues–even when we’re arguing for the same things.
Now maybe some of that is my personality and competence but I’m not convinced all of it is.