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Summary of the artical forget about stigma : male nurses explain why nursing is a job of the future men by claire Cain Miller and Ruth Fremson

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(Answer) “Forget About Stigma” is a piece in the New York Times by Claire Cain Miller and Ruther Fremson. The article follows the accounts of a few men and how their lives have become more uplifting after being male nurses.

One of the interviewees is a former truck driver, one was a former lumber mill employee who was laid off at the time of the financial crisis and one of them was a former musician. All of these individuals have left their old careers to become male nurses.

The common thoughts that these individuals in the piece share about being male-nurses is, that it is simply fulfilling. Furthermore, this article goes on to explore how individuals like Glen Fletcher and John-flor Sisante feel that people still view this to be more of a feminine profession.

This is one of the reasons why the article is based on the stigma that the profession of being a male-nurse still holds in the medical community. The piece seems to have the implied message that a male who is secure with their masculinity would willingly take the job of a male-nurse despite it being viewed as feminine.