Of course there will always be shitty men in any career you pick, but does anybody know of any careers where you are more likely to find empathetic people with good values? Preferably careers where the majority is women. Thank you Queens!
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If such a career ever existed, men would have already infiltrated it a long time ago.
I don't think so, because FDS-aligned women don't hold the systemic power that would be needed to create those careers (yet). There might be FDS-aligned companies, sure, but it's hard to give specific advice on general career paths. Some fields might be a little better for women on average but in the end it comes down to your specific employer (and your team).
I would consider interests, aptitude, employability, and income a career path will generate. I'm in STEM so yes, there are men everywhere. What it provides is high pay and good benefits. Money is power and allows you the ability to set up your personal life to be FDS-aligned.
You're leading yourself into a trap here, because careers where the majority of workers are women are the some of the most unappreciated and underpaid jobs - nursing, social care, health science is what springs to mind. I've volunteered in a nursing ward, these women were some of the meanest people i've worked with. They're also miserable because they work day and night shifts back to back for long hours while their patients are abusive to them.
On a brighter note, women are also in volunteering fields, think animal rescue shelters and charity organisations, particuarly cat charities because we all know most men dont like cats. But again also underpaid, in fact not paid at all.
Women dominante vetinary clinics, this is my best suggestion for you.
My mother was a nurse for several decades, and she seemed to like that field for the reasons you mentioned. She met some of the best women she ever knew in that field. She also met some of the worst women in that field, too. She said the the amount of cliques, drama, and straight up bullying was quite unreal and often made her want to quit some times. Win some, lose some, I guess.
Teaching. If you want to get sexually harassed by students and their dads, and then get shot, and live in poverty.
Adult/community-based teaching. I teach English to speakers of other languages in my local area (you could not pay me enough to enter the school system - fucking misery on a stick) and while there are only three men in my team, they have so far given me no reason to doubt that they are anything but genuinely decent guys. The women are awesome too.
Also seconding third sector and charities. I used to work and volunteer at a community radio station and there were not one but two men there who I would categorically state were high value. Given the size of the organisation and the rarity of HVM generally I'd say that those are some good odds.
I don't know what you mean by that phrase,but as someone who has read the handbook multiple times, you can pick any career you want to pursue. It's not the career, but rather the woman holding that particular career whose values matter. In other words, it's you who has to be high value, not your job.
If these fields even exist...
I am a speech-language pathologist. This is an overwhelmingly female profession. SLPs overall are like 90-something percent female, and most of the male SLPs work with adult populations. I work with very small children, and there are no men at my job. It's fantastic, honestly.
In the USA, being an SLP requires a masters degree and state licensure. Many states also allow for SLP Assistants, and the requirements vary by state. In some states, it's an associates degree; others require a bachelors. SLP pay varies a lot by region, as well as by the kind of work you do. In most situations, it's enough to live a comfortable middle-class life. You can also start your own small business or be self-employed, and the earning potential goes up quite a bit if you do that. The catch is that the education to become an SLP is pretty expensive. I had scholarships all the way through, so I only have about 20k in student loans. I probably wouldn't have done this if I had to pay "sticker price" for the whole thing.
But I also absolutely love my job. And the fact that I basically don't speak to men at all during my workday is the icing on the cake.