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I think this is sort of like how male nurses are (I think) more common in India than the US. When the availability of high paying jobs is limited, then the desi

I think this is sort of like how male nurses are (I think) more common in India than the US. When the availability of high paying jobs is limited, then the desire for a high paying job trumps both nature and nurture and people pursue it. When there is the possibility of high paying jobs in a variety of fields, then people act more on preferences which are grounded both in nature and nurture to varying degrees.

klipt 5y ago
In fact India now has so many male nurses that they enforce an 80% female quota to "protect" female nurses' jobs! https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/male-nurses-against-gender-based-quota-in-aiims/article34792525.ece https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/male-nurs... This is equivalent to enforcing an 80% male software engineering quota. The men's rights movement in India really has its work cut out...