• Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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    4 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

      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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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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          3 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.