Gender on Career Choice Today Term Paper

. . . Some scholars believe that the transformation of the schoolteacher role from male to female was so complete that teaching was irrevocably feminized" (Decorse & Vogtle, 1997, p. 37). Likewise, the new technologies represented by the typewriter and stenography were originally the sole domain of men, but also became feminized over the years and males in these professions remain relatively rare today. Nevertheless, things are changing and they are changing faster and faster as more people seek out alternative work arrangements such as telecommuting in which an individual's gender will likely have less influence on career choice and career changes throughout an individual's life.

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