An increasing amount of men in America are filling traditionally female professional careers, according to a published report.
One such example is Jeffrey Peralta, who works a nursing job with pediatric care at the Children's Recovery Center of Northern California, according to Metro News. He also works in pediatric primary and as an urgent care nurse at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center at the East Valley Clinic.
"There is a spectrum of reactions that I get when I tell people that I am a nurse," Peralta tells us. "One of my favorites is, 'Why didn't you just become a doctor?' There are people who also look at nursing in a different light and respect my profession as an esteemed role within the medical model."
An analysis of U.S. census data performed by The New York Times indicated that roughly 33 percent of all career development for men during the 10-year- period through 2010 was in careers that are 70-plus percent female.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nurses typically work in hospitals, doctors' offices, home healthcare services and nursing homes.