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

Started by darkblade, January 28, 2015, 12:10:59 AM

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frankie88

Finishing up a PhD in Mech engineering specialized in automotive, specifically hybrid drive systems.
Interestingly enough my first undergrad degree was in a much more gender neutral field, political science.
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alexbb

I love boy stuff! I did car styling at uni and did that as a job for a while (what Frankie88 and other auto engineers would call being a felt-tip fairy!!)  , then freelance doing architectural renderings, and now i design spaceships and guns and things for video games.
if you play the new battlefield cops game you can shoot some of my cars with a rocket launcher, i find it rather satisifying!
doesnt mean i dont love makeup and pretty things tho. that always confused me, but now im just like, meh. cars, bras, like em both!!
want to get a banger and take it to the Nurbergring after transition.

ALL the women in the support group are IT geeks. i mean i love computers, theyre the best, but these girls, they understand code and what all the little things inside computers actually do and stuff..python this giant megnetoresistance that.. i mean its a cliche they and people in this thread are well aware of but how come so many MTFs are IT people?.. whats that about?

Kalex

I'm studing system engineering. Kinda always liked computers, machines and that stuff that is more masculine. And at my college there's 90% guys, so im comfortable with that. When I was 10 or so, I wanted to be a cop or something with uniform. Never liked studies tipically female.
Just because you spend a lot of time with someone doesnt mean you know their darkest secrets
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frankie88

Oh jeez.
Systems engineering... The slave masters of the engineering world.
I always hate getting calls/emails from the systems people.
I know I'm usually in trouble because something wasn't to spec or on time.
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Kalex

Well part of the job is manage people, making employees to work faster and finish on time.
I'm not working right know but some friends and people I know usually ask me for favors to fix their computers . People usually see me like a free technical service.

And this is a profession in which the most is male. Some people thinks that girls cant do the same job and do it right. For know my problems is that, I dont pass like a guy,  so a few times where I had to do something serious for a company certain people were all over me watching me work waiting for me made a mistake and giving me their "suggestions" to work like they wanted. 
Just because you spend a lot of time with someone doesnt mean you know their darkest secrets
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ainsley

Computer Science degree.  I have been doing IT Security and Auditing for the last decade.  I am a computer geek.  However, I am finishing my MBA right now, so I hope to transition to a less techy role in the near future.  I am currently the only female in IT Security/Auditing where I work. ;)
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Ayden

I studied Japanese and Education history, typically a male field, history. Planning a Masters eventually.

But now I'm a teacher with everyone from grandmas to preschoolers. I really did a switch on that one.
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SonadoraXVX

Im finishing up a MA in general psych, to get away from the legal field for the past 17 years with the local gov't, im a paralegal thinking I may end up in law school since ive been involved in the legal system since I was 18. Five years in the USMC as a MP, then undergrad, paralegal school, auto/diesel/small engine mechanics school,  some carpentry and 3/4 of a BSN program. I may end up in HR to transition once I finish my grad degree.

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Questioning

I'm likely FTM and I'm an English major. It's definitely female dominated to the point where some of my classes have been virtually all-female. However I'm also one of the only students in my department who loves maths and chemistry, and would like to do something with those, so I've definitely got a foot on both sides of academia as it would be traditionally gendered.
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LoriLorenz

The program I took that relates to what I do today was dominated by females. In my cohort of 35 to 40-ish? there was a grand total of two guys (three including the unknown transguy that was me back then lol).

The program was called Classroom and Community support and dealt with supporting disabled individuals in the classroom and community, which includes homecare and accompaniment where they would need a care aid or helper of some kind.

Prior to that I studied music and languages, those subjects were far more even in numbers and I never took the time to count!
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