What do you consider the most "feminine" industry?

[DishLady]

Teaching/Education

Design (Fashion Des./Interior Des./Graphics/etc.)

Healthcare/Assistive Services

Psychiatry/Social Services

Secretarial/Organizational Services

[Oliverlogan263]

Hmm, that's an interesting question! I'd probably say that the most "feminine" industry would be B. Design.

Like, fashion design, interior design, and even graphic design just seem to have this really strong feminine energy to them, you know? It's all about creativity, aesthetics, and attention to detail - skills that are often associated with traditional femininity.

And you look at the makeup of a lot of those design fields, and it's usually dominated by women. There's just something about the creative, artistic side of those industries that seems to really appeal to a lot of us girls.

But I also think C. Healthcare/Assistive Services and D. Psychiatry/Social Services could be up there too. Those are fields that involve a lot of nurturing, empathy, and care - qualities that are often seen as more "feminine."

And E. Secretarial/Organizational Services, while maybe not the flashiest, definitely has that administrative, detail-oriented vibe that a lot of us girls tend to excel at.

Teaching/Education is a good one too. There's that caring, nurturing aspect to it. But I feel like design in particular just has this undeniable feminine flair to it, you know?

At the end of the day, I think any industry can be "feminine" in its own way. But those design fields just seem to really capture that essence, at least to me. What do you think? Where would you rank 'em?

[NathanDavis]

out of these... teaching, nursing and secretary were positions that were actually intended to be for women mostly, if not only

up to the 70's... some colleges would still BAN women from any other form of education, and these were the ones offered

[IslaTheWitch]

none... in all of them are a lot of men (like in design... mostly men at here where I live)

you can say in Healthcare/Assistive Service is many women, but the job itself is no longer "feminine" in my eyes... it's a very hard and demanding job... and men are really good in this...

it's still har for men to get into education, especially with younger kids, because of peo stigma, but in high schools a lot of teachers is men here and also education jobs are very hard and not really feminine for me...

Psychiatry/Social Services... probably the hardest of them all... especially psychiatry... nothing feminine here... but a lot of compassion and understand is required... and men are great in this field

oki, let's say that Secretarial/Organizational Services are is dominated by women, definitely... but the best office manager (alternative name for the secretary) I knew was a man :D

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Cosmetics seems pretty overtly feminine to me

[DishLady]

Ah! I should have added "other"... My bad. Thanks for adding this one!

[ArrowheadSW]

Of those listed, I would day design, as in fashion design and interior design. Not so much graphic design. Some of the healthcare jobs are "feminine" but not so much.

[Friendlybro79]

Hmm maybe I'm too liberal but I don't see these positions that way. Men and women both take on these positions but I suppose by stereotype secretary by name, teacher by pure statistics. There are more female teachers than male. Statistics show roughly 77% of teachers are women but I don't think that means it's feminine to be a teacher.

[DishLady]

Ok ok. That's not the question, though. It's like the number of engineers in a room that will be female is typically very low (if any).

[Friendlybro79]

Ahh my apologies I misunderstood. I guess of the ones you listed I'd say teaching.

[DishLady]

Thanks. :)

[oldpigg]

Health careers (bacteriology, nursing, physiotherapy, dentistry) except medicine, I study medicine and women make up 50%, in dentistry women make up 70%, and in general the careers that do not involve mathematics and the easiest careers. The most difficult careers are always dominated by men (statistics, electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering) except medicine, I study medicine and men make up 50%.

[exitseven]

I say healthcare. Nurses are hot

Open Wide

[DishLady]

Sigh... ok, noted.

[exitseven]

boys will be boys

[DishLady]

Indeed. We'll have to tell your wife... :D

[exitseven]

That is a picture of her.

[Mark987]

Definetely design and fashion, also interior decorating. No one can stage a house like a woman can. Woman just have better taste.

[DishLady]

I don't know about that. You want to see a woman's REAL taste check out the guy she's with. I always take a meeting with the person and their spouse/SO... invite them to a team function. Then I observe.

[HungTexan]

Probably design, fashion, etc. my wife is an interior designer, and even most of the guys in the industry are feminine.

[OlderAndWiser]

I think the single most feminine trait is nurturing, so I selected healthcare.

[Abbycado]

Of those, I most relate it to teaching. That is a largely female profession by a lot.

[msg321]

It may sound interesting but finance for me.

[DishLady]

Finance at the secretarial/organizational levels? Or do you mean something else?

[msg321]

Honestly I find women who work at a bank very attractive.

[ChicoFromThe305]

Fashion related although I don't believe all designing is feminine tho

[Rimaisme]

Modeling And Healthcare maybe

[worldscolide]

None of the above.

[DishLady]

Ok, slugger so what's the alternative?

[worldscolide]

I don't really like to label occupations as feminine. There are some that are more female dominated though.

[DishLady]

I mean statistically there are some industries that are saturated with women and others that women get scholarships to go into bc there's a definitive shortage.

[worldscolide]

Yup you're right

[Rohaan2020]

I guess healthcare and secretarial

[Flower7]

Fashion.