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When the teaching profession is examined in terms of gender balance, it is seen that it has become a profession in which increasing number of women constitute the numerical majority compared to men. In some departments that trainee teachers, the number of male students is almost negligible, and the teaching profession displays the appearance of turning into a female profession. This research aimed to determine what could be the solution suggestions for the feminization of the teaching profession according to the gender of the trainee teachers. The research employed a qualitative descriptive and phenomenological design and typical case sampling method, which is a purposive sampling technique. The study group of the research consisted of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th-year prospective teachers at Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University and Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University Faculty of Education, Departments of Primary Education, Social Sciences and Turkish Education, Foreign Languages, Mathematics and Science Education, Computer and Instructional Technologies Education, Educational Sciences, and Fine Arts Education. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed with content analysis. As a result of the research, it was found that the decrease in the number of male trainee teachers in many departments in education faculties disturbs both female and male trainee teachers. The majority of the participants oppose the judgment that the teaching profession is a female profession. Candidates assigned important responsibilities to both education faculties and higher education institution in this regard and made suggestions for studies on some subjects.