At over 80% of the profession being women, librarianship is one of the most gendered professions. Why is that?
Sources
- ALA Demographic Survey:
http://www.ala.org/tools/sites/ala.org.tools/files/content/Draft%20of%20Member%20Demographics%20Survey%2001-11-2017.pdf – ala demographics 2017 - Gender Demographics and Perception in Librarianship:
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1296&context=slissrj - Crash Course Mythology – Witches and Hags:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OCPQG4bMFs - Simpson, R. (2014). Doing gender differently: Men in caring occupations. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199658213.013.004
- How Patriarchy Harms Men: watch the documentary “The Mask You Live In,” or read “The Will to Change” by bell hook.
- Oliffe, J. L., Rice, S., Kelly, M. T., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., Broom, A., Robertson, S., & Black, N. (2018). A mixed-methods study of the health-related masculine values among young canadian men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity. doi:10.1037/men0000157
- BLS Marriage Stats:
https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2013/article/marriage-and-divorce-patterns-by-gender-race-and-educational-attainment.htm - Record, A., & Green, R. (2008). Examining gender issues and trends in library management from the male perspective. Library Administration & Management, 22(4), 193-198.
- Academic Library wage and gender break-out info: ARL Annual survey data, 2016-2017: https://publications.arl.org/ARL-Annual-Salary-Survey-2016-2017/1
- Piper, P. S., & Collamer, B. E. (2001). Male librarians: Men in a feminized profession. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 27(5), 406-411. doi:10.1016/S0099-1333(01)00226-9
- Gordon, R. (2004). The men among us. Library Journal, 129(11), 49-49.