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Imagine a job where bullying and harassment is a common complaint, you don't have your own changing rooms or toilets, and, to top it all, your life is regularly put at risk. Welcome to the world of female firefighting.

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• The word "nurse" first came from the word "nourice" which means 'one who nourishes'.
• The first nursing school in India only allowed men to attend, because they believed that they were the only ones 'pure' enough to treat patients.
• The caps that nurses wear is copied after a nun's habit of keeping their hair tidy.
• Though male nurses only make up 7% of the nursing population, Around 40% of male nurses work as anesthetists (CRNAs), amongst the highest-paid specialists in the Nursing profession.
• In history, most nurses were men until about the 19th century.
• Despite the fact that nearly half of the women who try out for the firefighting profession pass the physical test, females only make up 4% of the firefighting industry.

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Website: https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2017/mar/01/why-so-few-male-nurses
• Sometimes male nurses can have a stronger sense of humour and can play with the patients and make them smile.

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• If you search up the word "firefighter" on google, some are men and some are women. This proves that stereotypes for firefighters are shattering.
• About 100 firefighters each year are arrested for starting fires. Are your firefighters trustworthy?
• Even though you may think that fire is the number one killer of firefighters, you are wrong. Actually, it is heart attacks. They are 12 times more likely to die from a heart attack while putting out a real fire than when training and not doing anything related to emergencies.

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Website: https://orioncollege.org/blog/history-men-nursing/
• In TV dramas there are sometimes male nurses.
• If you search up the word "nurse" on google, the images you get are mostly of female nurses.
• The word "nurse" first came from the word "nourice" which means 'one who nourishes'.
• The caps that nurses wear is copied after a nun's habit of keeping their hair up neatly.
• The first nursing school was set up in India. At first, only men were allowed inside the school because they were the only ones "pure" enough to treat patients.

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Website: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/08/first-fire-woman-josephine-reynolds-1982
• In the spring of 1982, a lady called Josephine Reynolds, 17 years old, applied for a job interview for Norfolk fire and rescue services. When they asked her questions like, "Do you really think you have enough physical strength for this job?" or "Why should we accept you when in the future other better opportunities may come our way?", Reynolds replied, "If you train me well, that shouldn't be a problem. 15 months later, after exhausting training, Reynolds became Britain's first female firefighter.

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Websites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xkDi_tE_8s
and
https://www.ameritech.edu/blog/why-male-nurse-career/
• Men actually started the profession of nursing, not women. Men can be nurses.
• The best caregivers in ancient Rome, often referred to as 'nosocomi', were usually male.
• Battlefield nurses in the American Civil War were mostly men.
• The founder of the international red cross worked as a nurse in his early years.
• Until the mid 1800s, women were not permitted to train as nurses. Nursing was a man-dominated profession.
• After 1901, the military forces were reorganized and men were no longer allowed to be nurses

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Website: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/thefeed/article/2017/03/21/these-female-firefighters-dont-want-gender-quota-system
• According to this website, women who enter the job are scared of being bullied by other men who don't think they deserve to be there.

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Website:
https://www.i-women.org/firefighters/history-of-women-in-firefighting/
• Actually, women have been firefighters for way longer than most people realise; in fact, almost 200 years!

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Website: https://woman.thenest.com/fireman-9054.html
•In 2010, the percentage of women firefighters in the world are 3.6 percent.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_nursing
• Nearly one third of the nurses in military are men.

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Website: https://www.collegeamerica.edu/blog/men-in-nursing-infographic
• There are more men nurses in schools- they make up 13% of the nurses for students.

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Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_firefighting
• Firefighters have to pull heavy lengths of rope to climb houses and rescue victims. To pull these ropes, experts say that you must be at least 64.8 kilograms.
• Some ladies must go through further training to gain weight to pull these ropes.

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Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_firefighting
• A female fire brigade was formed in 1912. At first there were approximately 60 women included. Later on, women were allowed to join fire brigades in 1978. They were professionals in 1993.

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What gender more commonly does firefighting?

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What gender more commonly does firefighting?

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Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_firefighting
•Firefighting used to be an all men job, but nowadays some women do this also.

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Payments and upgrades for different genders

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Payments and upgrades for different genders

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Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_nursing
• Male nurses earn more money than females.
• Men are considered more likely to be upgraded into management positions.
• In a study it was shown that male nurses care more for the patients than female nurses.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_nursing
• Although nursing is mostly considered a female profession, it is gradually becoming a job that is open to both genders.

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Websites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_nursing
and
https://nurse.org/articles/Male-Nurses-And-The-Profession/
• In 2011 there were approximately 3.5 million nurses in the world, and 330,00 nurses (9%) were male nurses.
• Since 1970, the percentage of male nurses tripled, from 2.7% to 9.6%.
• The ratio of women to men in nursing is about 70% to 30%.

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Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_nursing

Citation: Nelson, L. (2016, August 30). Why men should be nurses. Retrieved December 13, 2017, from https://nurse.org/articles/Male-Nurses-And-The-Profession/

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Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_firefighting

Citation: Wikipedia, E. F. (2017). Women in firefighting. Retrieved December 13, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_firefighting