Non-Gendered Acting Roles

No other job category requires a gender.

Many stage and screen acting jobs and jobs for dancers and singers require you to be a man. Producers and directors often desire to create a sense of believability and genuineness in their products, and it would be less believable for most audiences if a woman played a male role. In other cases, entertainment jobs are male-specific because the employer is specifically providing a product or service that requires men. For example, the Chippendales franchise caters to women who wish to see men performing exotic dances. Thus, Chippendales only considers male performers. Some fashion model jobs also are male-specific since they involve modeling men’s clothing and accessories.

Another

Upscale or trendy nightclubs and restaurants sometimes hire attendants to work in bathrooms. These bathroom attendant jobs require workers to be of the same gender as people who will use the bathroom. Thus, half of all bathroom attendant jobs are available only to male applicants. Some locker room jobs and janitorial jobs may also be male-only positions since the jobs could require employees to work in locker rooms and bathrooms where only men are allowed.

Another

The Catholic church does not allow women to join the priesthood. Only men may be ordained as priests, and only men can serve as deacons in the Catholic church. In 2013, the Catholic church employed 39,600 priests. In 1994, Pope John Paul II formally stated that the church does not have the power to ordain women. Some Catholics believe the church will change its position on women joining the priesthood.