There are some legitimate concerns related to having basically only women teaching young children, but the issue seems to predominantly be that men don't want to do it.
Has that been studied? A more obvious explanation is that most men don't want to sign up for a career of being regularly (if mostly tacitly) thought of as being pedophiles. It's an awful situation, but I certainly wouldn't recommend this profession for men.
If you doubt this, read some of the (fairly heartbreaking) tales of single fathers of small children. Among other things, they have great difficulty getting their friends' kids to come over for play dates, etc.
I don’t want to get too deep into this - but people said the same thing about science and engineering. It’s a little bit sexist to suggest something like that, though I don’t think that was your intention.
I don’t really think there is any rationale that I’ve seen that convinced me that any job should have any gender ratio split, or that we should increase or decrease such ratios that were scientifically based. There are certainly social or political ones, however.
The over medication of young boys with add medications begins with teachers reporting behavioral issues to parents and suggesting evaluations. I hypothesize men are more likely to empathize with young boys and not see hyperactive behavior as a disorder requiring amphetamines, and that an educational system dominated by women will inevitably pathologize the behavior of young boys while elevating the behavior of young girls.
This immediately raises several questions:
1) What are the legitimate concerns with only women teaching young children?
2) What is the evidence that men aren't interested in teaching young children? How can it be shown that the effect wasn't caused by discrimination?
3-infinity) Same questions, but with any field dominated by one gender
1.) Role models - little boys mimic men cause little kids are gender obsessed. E.g. little boys won't think of being teachers if not seeing them.
2.) There is huge bias and stigma against boy acting girl-like. So yes, at minimum little boy playing with baby will be mocked more then girl playing with car.
