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Why is having more female doctors preferable to more medical services in total? This seems like sentimentality getting in the way of a functioning medical syste
by ramblerouser 8y ago
Why is having more female doctors preferable to more medical services in total? This seems like sentimentality getting in the way of a functioning medical system. I suspect that many here denouncing the Japanese goal of improving their medical system would defend the vague and unsupported "improve campus culture" goal for why women in the West get affirmative action.
- sudosteph 8y ago> Why is having more female doctors preferable to more medical services in total? This is a false dichotomy. They would have more medical services overall if they simply admitted the right amount of female applicants and then expand their training programs overall so that the less-qualified male applicants who are currently getting preferential treatment can simply train elsewhere to become doctors. Sure some female doctors might work less, but some won't, and there would still be more qualified medical professionals in the field overall.
- ramblerouser 8y agoI don't think you understand what a false dichotomy is. Yes. Training more doctors would mean having more doctors. But for any number of doctors trained, why not prefer to train people more likely to put their skills to good use for society?
- dang 8y agoPlease edit the uncivil bits out of your comments here. This one would be fine without the first sentence. If you'd review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting to HN, we'd appreciate it.