Move over, Six Feet Under.

Check out this article on the growing number of women funeral directors, which has historically been a male-dominated profession.
While I was happy to see the increase in female directors being addressed, I knew it was only a matter of time before the reasons behind the increase would include our “natural� tendencies of compassion and caretaking.
“We have that innate ability to show our empathetic side. . . Women can become more emotionally attached when they need to. That’s an asset in this business,� said Rosemarie Au, a funeral director.
But emotional detachment is an asset as well, don’t you think? I can see some sexist assholes anticipating female funeral directors to be too emotional to handle grievance counseling or squeal when witnessing an embalming. If anything, being a woman who is a funeral director should dispel more stereotypes than not.