These are the answers to the following questions:
3. Some male dominated careers use the same skills as some female-dominated careers. FALSE.
4. What are three roadblocks to choosing a nontraditional career? (3 points)
- Finding mentors/role models- Gaining support from family/friends
- Identifying and Reacing to Discrimination/harassment
5. What would be three benefits to choosing a nontraditional career? (3 points)
- Salary and Economic self-sufficiency
- Broader job/advancement opportunities- Job satisfaction
6. What non-traditional career would you be most interested in and why? (2 points)
- Career in the field of teaching. Though most people are referring teaching to a woman's work, teaching does not dictates gender.
7. What should you do if you are interested in a non-traditional career for yourself? (2 points)
- The best way to determine whether you really want to purse the career is to gather as much information as possible — and gain experience wherever possible.
8. The Career Spotlight in our LiveLesson was about veterinary technicians. Would this be a non-traditional career for men or for women? (1 point)
- Veterinary technicians are for men.
