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Hm... it worked quite well (much better than science and engineering anyhow) in medicine, law, biology, arts, ... http://www.linehollis.com/wp-content/uploads/

• rayiner 8y ago
  Both medical schools and law schools made affirmative efforts to get enrollment to be near 50-50, then the new ratio ended up being self-sustaining.
  • traverseda 8y ago
    That's very interesting, can you provide a source for that?
    • rayiner 8y ago
      In the 1970s, there were a spate of class-action lawsuits that lead to court-supervised changes in firm hiring practices, and in some cases express quotas: https://biglawbusiness.com/decades-old-gender-bias-case-marked-turning-point-in-big-law; https://biglawbusiness.com/decades-old-gender-bias-case-mark... https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/08/archives/top-law-firm-bans-sex-discrimination-sullivan-cromwell-will-pursue.html https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/08/archives/top-law-firm-ban.... At least as long as I can recall, the express goal of the ABA, etc., has been proportional representation and equal compensation, not merely some abstract commitment to "gender blindness." See ABA recommendations: https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/women/closing_the_gap.authcheckdam.pdf https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/w.... Statistics are tracked and some firms have made express commitments: http://fortune.com/2017/08/30/the-mansfield-rule-lawyers-diversity; http://fortune.com/2017/08/30/the-mansfield-rule-lawyers-div... https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2018/06/07/eversheds-sutherland-says-30-percent-of-equity-partners-to-be-women-by-2021 https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2018/06/07/eversheds-s....
  • harryh 8y ago
    I've also wondered if the more formalized path of career progression in medicine and law has made it easier to reform the fields for better inclusiveness.