
By Channon Hodge and Shaila DeWan Donning the 'Pink Collar': A New York Times analysis finds that more and more men are starting to see the many benefits of jobs long-dominated by women. HOUSTON — Wearing brick-red scrubs and chatting in Spanish, Miguel Alquicira settled a tiny girl into an adult-size dental chair and soothed her through a set of X-rays. Then he ushered the dentist, a woman, into the room and stayed on to serve as interpreter. A male dental assistant, Mr. Alquicira is in the minority. But he is also part of a distinctive, if little noticed, shift in workplace gender patterns. Over the last decade, men have begun flocking to fields long the province of women. Mr. Alquicira, 21, graduated from high ...
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