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well making Engineering and Science careers as well rewarded and give them the same social status as say the Law, Medicine are might help. Those young women wi
by walshemj 9y ago
well making Engineering and Science careers as well rewarded and give them the same social status as say the Law, Medicine are might help.
Those young women with triple A's beloved of headline writers come exam time are making a rational decision not to go into a field where they are badly paid.
- mpweiher 9y ago...and the working conditions are generally...sub-par.
- aoeusnth1 9y agoAre women more status-seeking than men? Are women more money-seeking than men? It seems to me that the assumptions which gave rise to your comment would imply that Wall Street traders should be dominated by women. Why is this not the case, in your opinion? Would increasing the pay and status of a job increase, or decrease the percentage of women? Should CEOs be paid more to increase their percentage of women?
- walshemj 9y agoWell Traders do have this barrow boy image medicine or law has a much higher "social" status in the UK and I bet the USA also
- aoeusnth1 9y agoWhy do you suppose women dominate primary school teaching? Is it because it’s too high status and too well paid?
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- walshemj 9y agoIt is a pink ghetto and traditionally pre compulsory education was performed by women and was on the very few profession open to women pre 20th century
- gaius 9y agothe same social status as say the Law, Medicine are might help Don’t forget the impact of offshoring/outsourcing. Male or female, I couldn’t in good faith recommend tech as a career choice for any young person right now. Go into something that has to be delivered in person and/or is protected by regulators. If I were young now I’d be looking at a skilled trade - a good tradesman or woman makes as much or more than most programmers, esp if they become a foreperson or other supervisory role.
- srtjstjsj 9y agoEngineering and Science careers are quite competitive with law and medicine. That's why these fields aren't filled with male AND female failed lawyers/doctors.
- walshemj 9y agoNope a senior lawyer or doctor gets paid far more on average that an engineer or STEM PHD