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Some men making these choices are perceived to lack ambition. Fraternity brothers were baffled when Michael Strumph chose nursing as his major. "They said, 'You're so much better than that,'" he says. Strumph, 27, had his priorities. His volunteer work as a paramedic attracted him to the medical field, but as the single parent of an 8-year-old boy, he wanted the flexible schedule a doctor doesn't have. Plus, he says, "doctors give orders and plan someone's care, but it's the nurses who actually make them better." While his frat brothers scrambled for scarce jobs...
Many men profess a commitment to their new occupations, though fitting in is not always easy. "There are conversations I wish I had never walked into, girl stuff like menstrual cycles," says Nurse Strumph. But there are some sweet perks. Says Morgan of his job as a manny: "The ladies think it's great." --With reporting by Melissa August/Washington, Deborah Edler Brown/Los Angeles, Harlene Ellin/Chicago, Dee Gill/St. Petersburg and Betsy Rubiner/Des Moines