Shawn Brodess joked “Yeah, in nursing school, I felt like I had to do more than one woman. As if I had to test myself. I had to sign up for every job role that was considered a female role. Most males will go to nursing school with the challenges ahead of them in mind. During the clinical phase, a patient may not prefer a male nursing student. When I was in the clinic for my nursing assistant, we were in groups of three. Our group had the only male in the class. Our first patient was a dementia patient. We all went in and introduced ourselves. The patient looked at the male and asked, “So you're a pervert or something. Wanting to take care of older women. The boy's face was bright red and he has not returned to school since