jobs

[rose382832]

why does it seem that most of the people here are in jobs that are commonly thought of as male, yet we al seem to want to be or dress as girls. how come we dont find many girls in our jobs?

[lindsaycd75]

Well I work in education part time and I am a stay home parent the rest of the time. Both of these in the past have been considered female jobs. though these perceptions are now changing. So in essence if you want to go by old fashioned stereotypes, I live 24/7.

[Ammdi]

Um, I'm an office worker. A rat in the maze.
There's more women in my office than men. In all the jobs.

[Tamera]

One reason I can think of is CD's are more common to come out when they are older. So we have already established our lives.

I beleive if we look into ourselves at an earlier age. We will trasition sooner and get into the more female roles of life.

Of course this would depend on how far you want to take your TRANSITION.
LOL
Tamera

[Kristen Kelly]

For me now it's all about the money $$$$, womens jobs have unfairly been paid less over the years. My job has many perks I work for an independent cosmetic company and work with and around pefume all the time would hate to give up all my samples

[Kate Simmons]

I worked for a major pharmaceutical company for 30 years as a chemical operator which involved a lot of physical as well as mental work making batches. There were just as many women there as men and they were just as well qualified. I always held out the dream to become a girl on the job and have even taken some Pics of myself in my old work uniforms and they don't look half bad. Should have followed up on it, I guess. Anyway, I'd have been just as happy if not more so working as a gal in that job if I would have explored that dream.:happy:

[Kelly,R]

I work in the construction trades,been a kinda of a mocho man my whole life,so after 45 years of that...I think I have earned the right to play,and gender play is so much fun.As I am and actor also it is really a challenge:2c:

[Mitch23]

i work in a residential home for physically and mentally handicapped young people. a very girly environment and even though i dont dress at work i am treated as one of the girls. i provide a goo male role model to some of the male residents - tee hee!

mitch

[horice 3]

Every job ive done from personal fitness instructor to mental health support worker there have been many female workers in it. Ive always seemed to get on with women, more than I do men.

[Dixie]

I have worked in a managerial capacity, as a cook for several years off and on, but mostly I have worked as a motorcycle mechanic/ custom motorcycle builder. I did a three year stint in a coal mine as a maintainence mechanic, but tearing a muscle in my back has sidelined me as far as work goes. currently I am going to school to get a degree in business administration.

[Stephenie S]

The medical field is pretty asexual. We tend to get equal pay for equal work. I was, however a contractor before I joined the medical profession. That was kind of masculine, I guess. I don't know if it makes any difference in the long run.

Steph

[Karren H]

We have a lot of female coal miners!!!

Karren

[Dixie]

We had 3 that worked in the sections, usually operating a ram car, and about 8 or 9 that worked out by, dusters, water truck, etc..

[Toyah]

why does it seem that most of the people here are in jobs that are commonly thought of as male, yet we al seem to want to be or dress as girls. how come we dont find many girls in our jobs?


Errrrrr its because I am a male duhhh

[Marcie Sexton]

I wouldn't go that far, we're getting more and more traffic controllers that are GG's, I think...ah.......... who really cares...

[DawnL]

not me, nurse here

[rose382832]

not all of us are "macho macho man" by day and super gurl by night but it just seems to me that "real" men are more represented.

[Dixie]

It's not my fault Rose, I applied for a job at a resteraunt that had an ad for a "waitress" but they hired me as a cook. I applied as a cashier and was quickly promoted up to manager. I wanted to model in front of the motorcycles but ended up working on them, what's a girl to do???:heehee:
:hugs: Dixie

[deniedtoo]

I wasn't anywhere near CDing when I was in high school / university. I picked my education based on convenience (the university let me into a common year engineering course without the Grade 13 normally req'd) more than anything else. Besides, I was good at it, and graduated near the top of my class.

My career can be filled by a woman just as easily as a man, BUT it is predominantly male 75% to 25% I think (ball park). Math skills is the primary reason why most women don't enter this profession. Math typically comes easier to males.

Why I don't change over to femme?
1. Not ready to go FT femme. Don't think I ever will. Like the "best of both worlds".
2. If you read my intro, you will see what happens to ppl in my company that do go femme.
3. I can only work for this employer under my I-94. I haven't been able to find work back home in over 15 months of trying
4. I OWE I OWE, so it's off to work I go.

Denied

[rose382832]

not saying that we should or want to change , just why jobs that are macho seem to have more gurls than jobs that are girly. also since we gurls can do and are apparently attracted to these jobs why arn't ggs.

[deniedtoo]

not saying that we should or want to change , just why jobs that are macho seem to have more gurls than jobs that are girly. also since we gurls can do and are apparently attracted to these jobs why arn't ggs.

IMHO Macho or machismo is testosterone driven. Gurls are driven to these type jobs because we still have testosterone in the veins. We also have friends that validate us when we discuss predominantly male activites. TV validates these roles too. Look at the programs where there is a good Dr. or great lawyer who is female. 9 times out of 10 she is a bitch. If there is a female that is not the bitch of the show, she is almost a sideline, or barely getting by (an observation by me, up for discussion - daytime soap operas are the exception to this observation: target audience = female).

It's also easier to get these jobs as male too. Like Dixie said "I applied for a job at a resteraunt that had an ad for a "waitress" but they hired me as a cook. "

I remember applying for a job at a women's clothing store when I was in my teens. They didn't say "no", but they did say "as a condition of employment, you have to wear clothing from this store" I wasn't in a CDing phase at that point in my life either, so that wasn't an appealing choice for me.

more :2c: from me.

Denied

[rose382832]

i too worked in a womans retail store( shoes) when i was much much younger but the majority of the staff there where al bundy or totaly flamers(apologies).i have never felt those ways .just love to wear the clothing.

[Billijo49504]

Well now I get up in the morning to see the wife off to work. I figure out what we are having for dinner, and make sure we have everything I need to prepare it. I cleaned up one of the bathrooms this morning. Put in a load of laundry and as soon as I get off the internet, I'll get out the vaccum cleaner.
Since I retired, I was a factory rat before, I'm like Mr. Mom.....BJ

[Lisa Golightly]

Any woman could do my job... and I'm sure plenty do...

[Ruth]

I work in an office. More than half the staff are female. There is a lot of gender equality in the workplace nowadays so I'm not really sure where the OP is going with this question.

[erickka]

I do know a few women who are boat mechanics, but they are a tad on the butchy side, so I guess grease under the fingernails is more of a guy thing .

[stephani oneil]

Ive worked as a social worker for most of my life, before that I was a hairdresser, so not very butch i'm afraid.

[TxKimberly]

. . . I work for an independent cosmetic company. . .

How perfect is THAT for crying out loud?!
Talking about the perfect job!

Kim

[jarts55]

Custodian, lots of women do it. Been told that my feminine side shows, I get along well with women.

[serinalynn]

Currently I work around the house doing things that I could not do while I was worlking. Will do some dry wall later this week and change oil in 2 cars tomorrow. Of course I do all this work enfemme. and this past saturday I weedwacked and mowed the lawn, enfemme, and did some gardening as well.

A lady friend who is a store manager at a Lane Bryant Store asked what I was doing and I said nothing at the moment and She promptly handed me a job application so on tuesday after my volunteer work, I'll drop that application off and see what happens. :be:

[Kristen Kelly]

I do know a few women who are boat mechanics, but they are a tad on the butchy side, so I guess grease under the fingernails is more of a guy thing .


Grease under my fingernails I try to avoid that at all costs, I wear latex or vinyl gloves working on the production equipment to keep my hands clean and soft, doesn’t help much from stopping the broken nails, I have a nail file in the pocket at all times for that. I woman could do my job as well as me for it's observation and knowledge that makes me as good as I am, not brute strength.

[MarinaTwelve200]

why does it seem that most of the people here are in jobs that are commonly thought of as male, yet we al seem to want to be or dress as girls. how come we dont find many girls in our jobs?

It only supports my readings where men who wear uniforms, like police and firemen and mail men are more prone yo CD---I suppose it also applies to other stereotypical male jobs.

It supports my onservation/theory that a LOT of CDing is like my own---ESCAPIST. We can tale only so much "male" BS and need to take a break from it every now and then for a while.

By becomming, symbolically "a woman" gets us OUT of our normal male self /identity and gets the baggage of ones's self and maleness off our backs. Being both relaxing and recharging.

There are things about SOME jobs that are incompatible with the desires and demenor of most women, thats why you dont see many in certian jobs--despite their freedom yo yake them if they want to. These jobs have "stresses" that may particularly target "manly" qualities---and some of us have discovered that CDing can psychologically "unload" these burdens.

[EjayeCD]

I'm a crossdressing cop. There is nothing like taking the vest off & slipping into something soft & sexy.

[Angela E.]

Custodian, lots of women do it. Been told that my feminine side shows, I get along well with women.

Very close to my situation(maintenance dept). Majority of women where I am.-Angela.:bunny: :bunny: :bunny: :GE: :bunny: :bunny: :bunny:

[Christina Nicole]

I work in IT which has about as many women as men. I know a woman who was doing computer programming and application design back in the IBM 360 days, so women in IT isn't new.

Warm regards,
Christina Nicole

[Melissa Jane Martin]

I run my own business (home based).