Men are Under-Represented in all three years of social studies programmes in Carlow /Wicklow/Wexford Campuses Introduction {draw:a} "Social care is a profession where people work in partnership with those who experience marginalisation or disadvantage or who have special needs. Social care practitioners may work, for example, with children and adolescents in residential care; people with learning or physical disabilities; people who are homeless; people with alcohol/drug dependency; families in the community; older people; or recent immigrants to Ireland." (http://staffweb.itsligo.ie/gateway/asp/whatis.asp0 Caring Involved! The association of social care is that it’s a highly caring career it involves looking after people when they may be at there most vulnerable. Men seem to or at least have an aversion to this kind of intense work. Fear Traditional role Female domination Pay is ‘good enough’ for woman not for men as men are in the course of the carer’s they tend to earn more in the course of there career i.e. construction /financial services/oilrigs/army and professional sports. Where woman stay at home to care for the children this is going on for centuries if men where going to go in to a area they would go for the likes of medicine it’s a much better paid job. Communication Gender Despite the fact that care is a quintessential part of all human relations, woman have traditionally been the principal caregivers in Ireland, and care was often stereotypically Up-bringing and early development In today’s society most children are still brought up by their mothers while their fathers are earning the family’s main income, because of this mothers would be dealing with social workers on a regulars basis many mothers have a fear of social workers as they want to protect and do best by their children. Conclusion and Personal Reflections From the information that I have given throughout the various topics that have been examined that men are truly...