Did/do you study something that's typically male/female?

[Jessica Jaclyn Reimer]

I loved maths and sciences in school, as did both of my half-sisters. My half-brother struggled with school, but finally excelled at becoming an electrician (including the math).

I took one year of engineering at UBC, but it was too much school right out of high school and didn't do well.

I believe I genuinely enjoy these topics, and didn't force myself to like them to fit in. I wound up working in landscaping which is dominated by males but there are more and more females. My company, now has a 50% ratio (doesn't look like it but it will once I transition) of male to female (3 of 6). lol.

- Jess

[ErinReign]

I started out as a Civil Engineering, but switched to History Ed halfway through college.  My Civil classes were probably less than 10% female, but my History classes were roughly 50/50 and the Education classes were roughly 2/3 female.

[Obfuskatie]

My undergraduate degree is in Computer Science.  While I loved anthropology, I knew that the career paths available would require an additional degree.  Even though I struggled with Comp Sci, I stuck with it, graduated and then decided to go to grad school anyway.

I like learning, so I may end up going back to get another degree after my MFA.  Germany has a pretty amazing international collegiate program.  Enjoy school, and go back if you have the time money and inclination.  You can always look into getting alumni extension classes, or auditing classes.  Every school is different, so it may not be available at yours, but the UC system in CA has a pretty nifty deal for its alumni.


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[Alana_Jane]

I have a Masters of Science in Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from the University of California.  As an undergraduate the male to female ratio was easily 10 to 1.  How many female rocket scientists do you know??

Actually, I do know a hand full, but it's still less than the male ones.  Also, the females tend to have moved into management and away from the technical field pretty quickly. 

-Alana

[Felix]

In college I had to leave computer science because being a "girl" in that department I attracted way way too much attention. It was not cool. I switched to plain biology, which at my school was fairly evenly male/female.

[Northern Jane]

I had "a talent" in technology and held summer jobs in that field as a teenager. I knew I needed a career so I enrolled in technology in college. I had not transitioned at that point but most people seemed to assume that I was a girl masquerading as a guy to attend a technical school - females in technology was still rare in 1969. Despite being an unusual field for a woman, I couldn't see throwing away a talent because of prejudice.

The early years of my career were very challenging because of the anti-female discrimination but I stuck it out and eventually did well in my career though the discrimination never totally went away - it just became "the glass ceiling".

[DarkWolf_7]

I study biology and I have always had an interest in science which is unfortunately already over dominated by males already. And I am no help to this situation.

[Ptero]

I study classical music. And, what is strange is that there are more females than males in conservatories, but in my classes, there's always been more males than females (not counting myself, as I'm neither one or the other). It hugely depends on the instrument in fact. It's stereotype but you find more girls playing violin or harp than trombone or tuba.
So, I can't tell if I study something typically male or female.

[Joanne Feliz]

I studied Electronic Engineering.  I really hated it by the time I finished Uni.  I then went to work in software development but I am sick of that too!!  I guess I was doing things that were traditionally male.  Funnily enough my wife studied engineering too....maybe she isnt telling me something LOL

I am studying the CFA programme at the moment because I want to transition into finance.  Saying that finance is pretty male dominated but I love it.

[YoungZep]

Computer Science major like most people here . There is usually 1-3 girls in my classes, but usually they are grad students.

[DragonBeer]

Psychology. More women than you can shake a stick at.

[SonadoraXVX]

Pretty much hypermasculine until now, unfortunately, overcompensation. 5 years in the green machine/usmc/warfighter/mp, undergrad in sociology, close to a masters in psych, paralegal, LE  assocites degree, nursing, auto/diesel/small engine mech/carpentry.  All formally schooled. Only for at the end to be a hairdresser and/or fashion sylist, lol.

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[Ptero]

Waow Sonadora ! How could you put all that in only one life ! Impressing !

[StrykerXIII]

Well, for a girl, I sure do love cars. Not the "ooh pretty" aspect, but the "I really wanna hot-rod this sucker" aspect. I'm a gearhead, I s'pose [emoji14]

[Yukari-sensei]

I was a 8-12 English/Literature teacher and I have returned to school in pursuit of a nursing degree...

Both are fields dominated in my area by women...

Worse yet it seems to be two major fields of sexual fantasy for some people...

[Audietta01]

I became an opera singer

[Muffinheart]

Going way, way back in time, in junior high school the boys switched from shop classes to home ec and the girls vice versa.
Growing up as a confused boy, even as early as six years old, I knew I didn't belong.
I hated woodwork, metal shop, electronics.
But that one semester where we switched was a confirmation of two things: I love to cook, and being in the kitchen.
That semester, got one of the few A marks I ever got in junior high for my cream of corn chowder. And got another A for sewing class.
Some 30 years later, it's funny, I have a cooking business, and sewing is a hobby of mine....and my business applauds the often overlooked role of homemaker.

Nina

[Rachel]

I am an engineer. During college I took general, organic and biological chemistry. It was above what was needed for engineering. I got straight A's and loved the science. I was in with nursing and pre-med students. As the semesters went by the class went from a large hall filled to 25 taking the last final 3 semesters later. I wanted to be a nurse so bad but was afraid to say anything.

I have a super stressful job and very little free time. I wanted to go back to school ( I am 52 so I have 15 to 20 years left in the work force) and I am next to Penn and 2 blocks from Drexel. I looked into nursing and PA-C and I would have to repeat a lot of classes because I have been out of school longer than 10 years and you have to go full time. I was thinking about Penn and their sexuality program too.

I think it is natural to gravitate to areas that interest you. So now that you are in transition and it is on your mind it is natural to want to study the sexuality field. I know my 1st therapist left her practice, which was large, to get away from trans because she had been involved in it 24 hours a day (her husband is trans) and she is gender queer. So I know I need to keep that in mind too. 

[Audietta01]

I became an opera singer and worked 14 years internationally. My day job before and afterward software sales or consulting on European market entryways.

[EvelynSTL]

I spent 8 years in the USMC, then went to trade school for auto mechanics and worked as a tech for a couple years. Lost that job, and went back to school working towards a BS in mechanical engineering. I pretty much hit a brick wall when it came to the physics courses, so I only ended with an AS in science. So now, I'm back in courses for precision machining/manufacturing...I sense a pattern here. 

I went on a couple tours of some of the manufacturing plants in the area - not a lot of women working in these type of shops. It kinda has me a bit worried about how to best continue my transition.

Just trying to keep my head up.