I plan to be a middle school teacher! And in general, anything involving working with kids and adolescents is pretty much my passion in life. Teaching is historically considered to be a female job... though teaching middle/high school is at least slightly more gender neutral than elementary school (though I must say, I'm fond of little kids, too, and am very much looking forward to being a daddy).

...none of this really bothers me. In fact, I've always really looked up to men who are willing to be nurturing and spend time with kids. I've always felt the "men can't be nurturing" stereotype was one of the most rediculous gender stereotypes of all (not that the rest aren't pretty darned rediculous as well).

In any case, I have no doubt that I would still want to teach had I been born and raised male. I never really saw my love of kids as a gendered thing... maybe because my brother was born and raised male and loves kids almost as much as I do!

My current job is working in retail, so that's pretty gender neutral, leaning more towards feminine.

What I plan to be doing soon, and what I love doing, is graphic design, which I think is pretty much split down the middle. I'm pretty sure this is where I'd end up regardless, art is in my blood!!

My job is technical and it was pretty rare to find a woman in that field when I joined (re-joined) the work force. But I had the basics so I hung on to it when I transitioned (1974) and worked my way up over the years. It was hard and exasperating to be one of the few women in that particular field so early but it started to change shortly after. There is still only about 10% female today btu the women that are in the field tend to be at the higher levels (on average) - but that should come as no surprise LOL!)

I'm a cook, and may be training to be a bread baker soon if a new job works out.  I find it interesting how for years women were only cooking at home while all the  professional cooks in restraunts were men, and now its becoming more gender neutral.

My other job (working on a horse farm) is stereotypically male, but almost exclusively female at my barn.  It's still all men driving the tractors and working the hay fields, but all the stall cleaning and hauling water buckets is done my women (except for me).

I am a freelance graphic designer, which at one point (like so many fields) was predominantly male (I'm older remember?). Now-a-days in the modern world, the field is pretty well split in the middle.

In the past I had worked as a restaurant manager and server which is also a pretty genderless job, though back-of-house (chefs, prep cooks, etc) is more male oriented. I was also a commercial product photographer through the 80s. At that point in time there were very few women in this particular field (in my experience), though other areas of photography were differentially either female or male dominant. I guess it came down largely to the analogy that Millie used for therapists, the more analytical fields were male dominant and the more empathic/emotional were female  dominant. That split has also degraded a lot as well. Fortunately.

Back in the 70s I was also active in the martial arts and that was just slightly more male dominated (60:40 maybe 55:45).

Would I do anything different if I was born cis-female (or even cis-male)? I honestly can't answer that. I have never been cis-anything and have no idea how much gender/hormones/upbringing plays a part in developing interests, passions, creativity, etc. If I had to guess, I would think that being born cis-female I would likely have worked in some creative/artistic field. Whether that would have been photography, restaurants and graphic design, who knows? Not likely maybe.

Great questions though.

I want to draw comic books. . . I don't think it has a gender bias for the most part, it probably just depends on what kind of comics one is drawing.

Possibly some sort of scientist or maybe a math-related job. I think those are male-biased but I'm not sure.

Most of what I do for a living is considered a male trade (not my lifestyle by choice). I have had the chance to work with a few females but I wouldn't exactly consider them a fine example of femininity both in looks and mannerism (not trying to make it sound bad, I'm friends with one of them).

This is a complication I've ran into when thinking about transitioning. I'd hate to lose productivity in the occupations I like just to maintain the "look" of femininity. Not only that, but because of the occupations I've had in the past I feel it would be hard to convince family and friends that I shouldn't be male.

I work as a software engineer, which is most definitely male dominated here. I suspect I would have been interested in the same sort of stuff had I been born a bio-male. I never felt guilty or anything about it while I was studying at university - I thought it was cool that I was (sort of) breaking the stereotype. I was not particularly impressed by winning the prize for being a "woman engineer" though... I felt like I didn't deserve it lol.

industrial electrician very male  but here i am and here i will stay

I'm a translator/editor/housewife. Pretty gender-neutral, really. For a hobby: Games, but not computer-oriented. I've written several game systems, most notably RPGs; expansions on existing systems as well as my own. Planning to sell/publish my latest creation some day when it's actually finished.

Aside from that: I'm a great fan of sculpting, painting and conversion; taking every-day items (and parts) and turning them into sculptures. I used to earn a little money with it, and plan on doing so again when I get a proper working space.

So.. I might edge somewhat towards stereotypical female.

I work as a waitress and free time programmer

Some of my best female friends are leading programmers.. so I am not sure if to say "both types" or "female type job"

I went through a string of jobs, first joining the military, then selling cars, working at a lumber mill before finally landing a job at a large warehouse/retail store.

So for a while it was in mainly male categories but I honestly want a job in fashion.

Two of my passions are books and computers.  I've seriously considered, and may yet end up, being a librarian, which seems pretty female-dominated (I don't think I've ever seen a male librarian).  I'd also like to get some of my writing published--being an author seems pretty gender neutral.

As far as computers, I'm considering database programming and system administration.  Would absolutely love to get into game design also, and maybe graphic design...I pretty much love anything to do with computers.  I know in the past anything with computers was male-dominated, though has become less so over the years.

I also love designing fashions and the occasional sewing project...doesn't really make me feel manly, heh, but it's something I like to do.

If I'd been born cis-male...computers would definitely have been the field I would have gone into.  Though it's possible I still would have considered being a librarian.

Well I was an engineer, I started out as a draftsperson, Oddly enough my Mom was a draftsperson for a bit when she was younger.  Oh I was not a typical engineer, my department was called happyland because I made it a positive place to work.  That was 10 years before I transitioned.  Now I'm unemployed, which is ok as I really really don't fit the engineer mold very well anymore. I mean gee I have a personality and all.

Beni

well my dream job would be something involving working with old/classic cars
and/or working at a rodeo!
id say those are on the male side

Well, I'm probably going to be a librarian, which is maybe a little stereotypical of women, but I don't really know.  I'm majoring in Womens' Studies and minoring in French or History, so that definitely is.  I want to be a writer (not counting on that for a living though, ha), which I don't know a gender bias for necessarily, although for certain genres there is.

I would think if you want to be a librarian you would study Library Science not Woman's Studies.

Yes, and I will in graduate school, but there is no library science undergraduate degree.

Wow, a great topic and some very interesting answers I previously worked at a theme park which was very gender neutral, though I noticed a higher amount of different staff such as gay lesbian and even trans. HR was great towards me and others who were interested in transitioning while working there. I'm in college to become an officer though, I'm not sure what statistic ratio is but even if it was female dominated I would still be interested in it.
Edit: Different as in varying not meaning we or gay people are "different"

I'm the Safety Manager at a large bus company.  A fairly gender neutral position so it wasn't a big deal in that sense when I transitioned at work.

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