In article >,
Goomba38 > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
>
> >> There is no such thing as a "male nurse".. just Nurses who happen to
> >> have prostates.
> >
> > So if a nurse who has a prostate and gets cancer and loses it, they
> > aren't a Nurse anymore?
>
> They're still a nurse. A "male nurse" implies that nurse only cares for
> male patients. It is sexism to refer to a nurse by their gender as if it
> is unusual or something. Just my lil pet peeve......

Understood. Even though many nurses are female, not all are. The
former minister of our church (male) was an RN. The president of the
board of directors of our church (male) is in training to become an RN.
His mother is an RN.