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The point is that the elf is a good dentist. But everyone always goes around saying how elfs cannot be dentists.
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My husband is a guy that plays flute. He was in an Army band for many years as a flute and piccolo player. Now, we all know that "guys don't play flute and if they do then they're gay..." He does play very very well though!
Imagine the stereotypes when he became a nurse in the early 80's -- damn! a flute toting band geek who'se also a male nurse. (and does hair and makeup -- good for me!) {seems we don't use that term
male nurse anymore -- they won the respect of the public and their peers in the early 90's but it was a hard road}
Imagine the troubles he had -- but he overcame by understanding the perceptions and stereotypes and not by insisting that they don't exist. He found ways to make the stereotypes work for him and not against him.
He examined the stereotypes and found niches that were suited to what he was -- as a flute player in the Army (girls play flute and they don't join the Army as often, he was promoted very rapidly due to position vacancies) and later as a nurse in the ER and Mobile ICU (seems alot of the ladies don't like that work either). He then progressed into administration (due the advantages he had as a result of gender inequality as a man in a woman's world) and retired at 38 years old!
Your elf needs to find his niche -- and he probably shouldn't insist that "all elfs are good dentists" since most folks seem to know better. I understand that elves need dentists too. Maybe the gnomes would welcome an elf -- I hear they don't have enough good dentists and they really respect elfs. And what about the fairies? Fairies deserve a good dentist -- even if elves don't like fairies much... Doesn't look like the humans need many more dentists -- they seem to have plenty... IMHO, if your elf really wants to be a dentist for humans then he should keep at it -- but it's going to be a tough road.
