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Most babysitters I had were female, but some were male. I don't recall ever disliking a male babysitter, but I certainly hated several female babysitters. I wouldn't say they were abusive, just obnoxious or scary. Considering the sheer number of female babysitters I had compared to male ones, it statistically makes sense that the worst ones were female. The opposite is also true: my favorite babysitters were female. It also helps that as a heterosexual boy, I found several of my female babysitters attractive. Being attractive awards you bonus points, which isn't something male babysitters could get. Even then, my favorite babysitter wasn't attractive. She won solely because she was kind and sweet.

There's a professional male babysitter living on my street. He's been babysitting babies, toddlers and elementary school kids full-time for over 40 years now. He's very well liked in my neighborhood. He's often seen walking with a baby in a stroller and toddlers in tow. Among the babysitters congregating at the park overseeing the kids playing, he's the only male one. He's very kind and passionate about his job. I was never babysat by him, however.

I've rarely babysat kids myself. It's not something I've done for strangers, but friends and acquaintances. My younger sister did it significantly more often than me. Although I've only done it on a few occasions, I always took the job seriously. My approach is to entertain the kid and do activities with him/her.