It's more than professional identity: it's social identity too. Conservative society has an answer for everything: how to be a man or woman, who is appropriate

It's more than professional identity: it's social identity too. Conservative society has an answer for everything: how to be a man or woman, who is appropriate to marry, why you shouldn't worry about death or global warming and what is a socially appropriate job, so retraining to do something that comes from outside society is an even bigger identity threat.