Historically, men comprised the primary nursing population from Roman times until the advent of the Crimean War and the American Civil War (Kouta and Kaite, 2011) . This changed with Florence Nightingale and accelerated with the women's suffrage movement. Nursing was identified as a profession for women, in part because women were identified as being more caring and empathetic than men (Andrews, Stewart, Morgan, & Darcy, 2011). U.S. Army nurses during World War I were predominantly men. Nurses became the majority of caregivers in hospitals and practices in the 1920s (Andrews et al., 2011). The entry of the United States into World War II led to a massive recruitment of all nurses from civilian life (Diers, 2011). This created an increased need for nurses, and nurses became the near-universal nurse practitioner after the war (Diers, 2011). Postwar nurses had limited professional opportunities. Nursing positions that also required some type of security or augmentation duties, such as nurses in psychiatric hospitals, remained largely male-dominated (Rajacich, Kane, Williston, & Cameron, 2013). But the public increasingly views any man working as a nurse with ridicule, suspicion, or both (Rajacich et al., 2013). Portrayals of nurses in American and European films were often unflattering (Stanley, 2012). Men choosing a career in nursing were often the subject of American comedy sketches, with a sketch performed by the comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May from 1962 still being frequently broadcast on radio on sites such as Pandora.com and iTunes (http://www .peteykins.com/Audioblog/Nichols_and_May_at_Work.mp3).Nurses are often perceived as effeminate or gay (Chen, Fu, Li, Lou and Yu, 2...... middle of paper. .....male Nurses perceive themselves within the nursing professional and in society in general The presence of men in a female-dominated profession leads to stress, some social stigma and limits to accepting practices. men. Data on male nurses are fairly consistent across studies in North America, Europe and Asia (Andrews, 2011; Baumann, 2012; Kouta & Kaite, 2012; Lou et al., 2011; Rajacich et al., 2013). Middle East and Islamic countries, where men remain the main gender in nursing (Rajacich, 2013). Any man choosing a career in nursing should expect to be a minority professional. In a world where women still earn approximately $0.76 for every dollar earned by a man in the same profession, this is a fact that many women consider a simple fact of life..