I gotta agree, and would add that the ratio across the board in the
Seattle area is more like 90-95 percent women, based upon my own
unscientific observations. Like Nursing, Librarianship is still not
viewed as a very masculine or macho profession by the general public, as
Engineering is still not viewed as a very femminne profession. Also, most
elementary school teachers and school media librarians are still
predominately women. The gender and lifestyle assumptions still persist,
even among some librarians who should know better. I would not be
surprised if there were more male nurses than librarians. Interesting how
it turned around since good old Dewey's time, when I understand nearly ALL
librarians, although confined primarily to academia, were men. My two cents.
Michael Spindler Infopros Research & Consulting
mspin@halcyon.com Seattle, WA 206-224-7543
www.halcyon.com/mspin/
On Thu, 18 Apr 1996 RISTLAW@ids.net wrote:
> Right on, nscordino. There is no rational justification for excluding
> boys from a career day at your place of employment. The AALL salary
> survey revealed that 68.8% of the academic law librarians, 74.7% of the
> private firm/corporation librarians, and 80.5% of the state, court and
> county law librarians are of the female gender.
> Women are well represented at all levels of our profession, including high
> percentages of directors. Do we want to give boys the impression that
> this is woman's work. It's time to treat boys and girls equally. Bring
> both your sons and daughters to work and expose them to our dynamic
> profession
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