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Men are over-represented in the management of nursing in relation to their proportion of the workforce. I am not sure what you want me to say.
by gordonguthrie 15y ago
Men are over-represented in the management of nursing in relation to their proportion of the workforce.
I am not sure what you want me to say.
- cousin_it 15y agoThat seems to answer a different question, not the one bermanoid asked. To recap, bermanoid's question was a reply to manicdee's comment which claimed that underrepresentation of women in the tech industry, in and of itself, is evidence of sexism. Since men are underrepresented at all levels of the NHS, manicdee's theory would allow us to conclude that the NHS is sexist against men, without the need to look at any other evidence. Possible valid replies could be a) disagreeing with manicdee's argument about sexism in the tech industry, b) agreeing that the NHS is sexist against men, or c) pointing out some flaw in the above reasoning. I guess that you would answer c), but your comments so far don't seem to point out any specific flaw.
- gordonguthrie 15y agoManicdee said IT is self-absorbed and sexist therefore there are not a lot of women in it. Bermanoid said there are not a lot of men in nursing therefore nursing is sexist. 'X therefore Y' does not equal 'Y therefore X' your premise is invalid. I believe, based on many years experience of this industry that it is self-absorbed and sexist. I agree with manicdee.
- cousin_it 15y agoNo, manicdee said "How many women do you work with?" as an argument to prove that IT is sexist and no one should get offended at allegations of sexism. So both cases were "Y therefore X". I think you are really stupid. Are you sure you are a techie? What kind of techie? Do you know Haskell? ETA: Gordon and I took this conversation offline and he seems a nice enough guy, but I will still leave my rudeness here for posterity.