This discussion thread sure brings back memories. When I first pondered
entering this profession (librarianship that is) I started doing some
reading and found out the statistics at that time - the profession as a
whole 80% female - top administrative jobs in the profession 80% male. Hmmm.
At the very least, I hope that the disparity at the top has changed. I
haven't checked the statistics lately.
And speaking of engineering I remember that in graduate school some of
our classes were held in an engineering building at U of Arizona, and I
never drank coffee right before class because of the restrooms: there
were men's restrooms on every floor, but women's restrooms were only on
every OTHER floor - too far away if you needed to make a quick visit!.
M.F.Henexson
Calif. Dept. of Justice Library
On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, michael spindler wrote:
> 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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