Thursday, June 3, 2010

Are there gender problems in midwifery?

In my career it seems strange find men students because approximately, only the 10% of the Obstetrics student are men, for this reason they suffer of many prejudices, for example that they are gay. This can happen for the work that they will carried out to future as midwives, because they were devoted completely to the woman’s care, however, this situation changes a little when they begin to work, although at the beginning, for people it will always be strange to see a man midwife, but later, they accept it and it is something normal. Above, it is demonstrated in a report that it was showed in the news in TVN some time ago, in this report interviewed ladies that had been assisted by a men midwife during her delivery, and they were very satisfy with the attention that he gave them, they even preferred to be assisted with him. This situation is similar to the one that I’ve seen in hospitals.

I think that this gender problems are just a matter of time!! :)

2 comments:

  1. Hi vero!!!! you are right, this is matter of time. We can see now that many men are studying obstetrics, and they do a very good job.
    See you today!!! bye bye

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  2. Yes!
    many men when want to be a good midwife and they have the vocation, they will to be an exellent professionals!!!

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