More Men Enter Fields Dominated By Women

Miguel Alquicira is a dental assistant, and he’s in the minority.  More than 90% of dental assistants and hygienists are women.  Mr. Alquicira is part of a growing shift in workplace gender patterns.  After graduating from high school and finding a desolate job market, he took an eight-month training course and now has no trouble finding jobs that pay $12 or $13 an hour. From 2000 to 2010, almost a third of all job growth for men occurred in occupations staffed overwhelmingly by women.  This trend is taking place among men of nearly all races and ages, more than a third of whom are college graduates.Read the full article here:  More Men Enter Fields Dominated By Women