• ArbiterXero@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    The data from that study didn’t even compare similar fields.

    It compared a Walmart worker to a doctor lol.

    It was a wild study.

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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      3 hours ago

      How come women are more likely to become Walmart workers than doctors compared to men? Here are some contributing factors:

      Girls are taught to see doctors as men
      Girls receive less pressure to excel in science
      Girls are taught to be more squeamish while boys are permitted to make messes
      Maintaining a professional career is harder without maternity leave
      Employers may view the prospect of having to pay maternity leave as a business risk
      Women may avoid academia due to a fear of not being taken seriously
      Girls are discouraged from occupying positions of authority
      Women may fear not being taken seriously by patients
      Girls are often told not to worry about their careers and to focus on marriage instead

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          3 hours ago

          If anything, the user you responded to was demonstrating subconscious biases against female doctors lol

          • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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            2 hours ago

            Way worse than that.

            Girls are taught to be more squeamish while boys are permitted to make messes
            Girls are discouraged from occupying positions of authority

            What? Lol

        • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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          3 hours ago

          Cool. Drag guesses that means they must have been majority male up until 21 years ago. That explains why most doctors were still male 15 years ago.