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?
I worked reception at a real estate office. Wow, what a bunch of sketchy types. If you think used car salesman are sharks, wait until you see these guys. Then I waitered for a few years, because there’s nothing more thankless than a minimum-wage job with no tips, no joy and a dress code. At least waitering you got tips and a drinking habit.
But both would be ‘pink’ collar, to some. No one actually in those jobs would say anything so contrived-sounding. This was the early '90s.