Comments on: If Only You Were A Man

By: SJBKP

SJBKP — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:02:31 +0000

Career Doctor,
Thanks for being honest!!

By: Jacqueline Plumez

Jacqueline Plumez — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:17:20 +0000

Dear Eleanor:
Glad you like most of my advice and sorry you got the idea that I was stereotypically trying to get a woman to be a teacher. I suggested that Miriam pursue her Masters. But since she was worried about getting a counselor’s job and the $$ involved in graduate school, I was merely suggesting that if she got a teaching degree instead of a BA in Psychology (which is a relatively impractical degree) she would be getting relevant experience and $$ while pursuing the Masters.

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:32:40 +0000

Gosh, Career Doctor you were so negative to a “female” and I felt that you kind of validate the implied discrimination that may be occurring in the school environment. I hope you are wrong.

Woman can become counselors, and men can become nurses and teachers. For all we know, this person over the last 28 years has had an executive job somewhere. It was never established in her question. I think I would have valued your comment better if you would have documented your opinion with job statistics.

I hope that your opinion will not sway young woman from entering any field. In my days, women were able to become only “teachers, nurses, or bookkeepers.” Today, there are many more possibilities and we should not slot people according to the gender.

I read your article regularly, but this time I thought your opinion not to become a school counselor because Principals value men more, and suggestion to become a teacher sounds biased.

I will continue to read your article because I think most of the time, you offer good advice.