> US used affirmative action to address sexism in the profession. I'm not sure what changed, but its seen as something that a career minded middle class girl _

> US used affirmative action to address sexism in the profession. I'm not sure what changed, but its seen as something that a career minded middle class girl _should_ do. it certainly wasn't any sort of legal discrimination. I'm not sure of the exact stats, but the slim majority of first year doctors in the UK are women