Right or wrong, Rainboe's comments have at the very least made this thread into a truly interesting read, and at the most an educated and thought-provoking debate.
I work in a call-centre in Northern England, and there's a chap there who has just decided he wants to be a chappesse. He's sparked quite a bit of curiousity amongst us all, but not many welcoming reactions (or none that I've heard of anyway).
It'll be interesting to see how it pans out for him, and whether a call-centre will be as supportive as you cabin-crew seem to be.