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That is a basic feminism that in a patriarchal society as soon as a profession becomes more prestige and/or well paid it also becomes more male dominated.
by anonymfus 7y ago
That is a basic feminism that in a patriarchal society as soon as a profession becomes more prestige and/or well paid it also becomes more male dominated.
- BurningFrog 7y agoIt's also basic human nature that men will chase high paying jobs with far more intensity than women. There... may not be a conflict here. Just different ways of saying the same thing.
- jhrowajay 7y agoThe human nature understander has logged on I see.
- ekianjo 7y agoNot true. There are more and more female physicians and the trend is that females will progressively take over that profession, percentage wise. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/women-doctors-better-patient-interactions https://www.healthline.com/health-news/women-doctors-better-...
- noddingham 7y agoWhich doesn't dispute what the parent said: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/upshot/as-women-take-over-a-male-dominated-field-the-pay-drops.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/upshot/as-women-take-over...
- ekianjo 7y agoThey said that high paying jobs are sought after by men. Doctors are highly paid and women are taking over that job. Sounds like the opposite of what was claimed.
- imtringued 7y agoThat is purely a self inflicted problem. There is a reason why this happens and both women and men are equally to blame.