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1) Two nurses are walking down the street. One of the nurses is the mother of the other nurse's son.
How are the two nurses's related?



2) A girl and a nurse were shopping for school clothes. The girl is the nurse's daughter but the nurse is not the girl's mother. Who is the nurse?



3) A mother and her son were driving one night and got into a terrible accident. The mother was killed and the son badly injured. The son was rushed to the hospital emergency room where the nurse hurried in only to cry, "Oh no! That's my son!!" Why?




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Partly in response to an ongoing thread in the Male Nurses Forum I came up with these examples to illustrate how deep the gender bias in our profession can be. I'm sure that most of us modern and enlightened medical professionals had no problem coming up with the answers after a few moments thought.

But you did have to think didn't you?

Mass media propaganda is a terribly powerful force.
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1 - Husband and wife.

2 - The girl's father.

3 - The nurse was the son's father.