Does ultrasound technician's gender matters when looking for a sonographer job?

I am currently interested in becoming a ultrasound technician. However, I want to know if my job opportunities will be limited by the fact that I am a male. I understand that many common ultrasound procedures are designed to work on a more private part of female body such as breast ultrasound or transvirginal ultrasound. Being a male sonographer, am I allow to work those procedures? I guess my question is, will it be hard for a male sonographer to find a job?

remember in medical field gender is of no use
large percentage of successful gynecologist r males
similsrly in sonography males sonologist or tech. r more successful

You will waste your time, pick something else, you will have a horrible time getting a job.

that would be discrimination. a company can not do this. there are many male physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, radiology techs and ultrasound techs. all of which have to sometimes deal with the "private parts of the female body" if you conduct yourself professionally it just doesn't matter. go for it

It shouldn't cause a problem but I'm sure that would depend on the interview panel.

You would really only come across transvaginal ultrasounds if you went into gynae. I'm sure as a regular sonographer, that wouldn't be your most regular needs.

The best breast consultants/SHOs/sonographers in my local hospital are all men. The only female around was the receptionist.

I think, as a female, when we are having ultrasounds of anykind, we are at our most vunerable and we don't particularly care who is taking the ultrasound, we just want to be sure that everything is OK.

Men should not feel that they should not apply for certain roles that they feel, might cause problems.

Go for it & good luck :-)

There are male sonographers who perform transvaginal exams; they just need to have a female colleague in the room as a chaperon.

There are also ultrasound exams that are done by male sonographers usually, like scrotal and prostate exams.

The exams described above are taught under "general ultrasound". You can study echo and/or vascular ultrasound. Those sonographers only scan the heart and blood vessels, so gender should not be a problem there.

I don't think it will be hard but it will rule you out for SOME jobs. BUT you may get reverse discrimination such as the female techs wanting you to do all of the testicular scans, and prostate scans. All in all I don't think it will be a problem.