The members of our profession....

This paragraph took me back to my ECE classes at Honolulu Community College. In my ECE classes, it would be filled with female classmates and maybe one male. This made me realize that ECE is dominantly still thought of as a "woman's profession". I often think that more men would work in the ECE field if there weren't so many negative stereotypes. I have a few male acquaintances that say working with kids is something they have thought of doing but are afraid of being seeing as "creepy". A question that immediately comes tome mind is, "How can we make ECE seen as a career for both men and women?" And another question that emerges is "How can those (teaching staff, administration, etc.) already in the field help others to see the importance of a diversity in ECE. Maybe by thinking out of the box, doing the unexpected, and raising the expectations, women will still be able to receive recognition and support needed.