# Stereotypical Gender Occupations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-gender-occupations/696041>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 20, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-gender-occupations/696041 "2014-08-20T21:30:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-gender-occupations/696041/41 "2014-08-22T09:07:41Z")

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> [@Kelby](#):
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> Administrative assistants/secretaries?
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> Anybody ever know a male one?

Several, as well as men who had trained as AAs but worked in other fields. One of the lab techs I worked with was an AA by training; that made him the logical and evident choice for “person in charge of purchasing, booking trips and other admin stuff that makes the lab manager’s head hurt”.

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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-gender-occupations/696041/42 "2014-08-23T04:32:54Z")

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I read many years ago that the most gender-dominant occupation in the U.S. was a cattle auctioneer, over 99.9% male. I might be misremembering and auctioneers were/are always white, not male.

FWIW.

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**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-gender-occupations/696041/43 "2014-08-23T04:53:07Z")

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My former employee who originally started as a front desk /customer service was laid off from his job when the facility closed. He chose to return to school and was preparing to be a radiology tech, but at the last minute he found out he wasn’t funded for that and went into dental assisting. He was able to get a good job after school, ironically because he became a part time clerk before graduating. So yes, he went from “secretary” to “dental assistant.”

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-gender-occupations/696041/44 "2014-08-23T05:28:01Z")

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> [@Dereknocue67](#):
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> I have never heard of a female executioner.

Redundant.

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**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-gender-occupations/696041/45 "2014-08-24T09:37:16Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Redundant.

Because . . . ?

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