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Congrats on not reading the article I guess? It explicitly points out "the lopsidedness was driven by huge growth in health care, where women hold nearly 80% of
by williamdclt 6mo ago
Congrats on not reading the article I guess? It explicitly points out "the lopsidedness was driven by huge growth in health care, where women hold nearly 80% of jobs". Healthcare has always been women-heavy, this article [1] corroborates the 80% figure of the article. Nothing to do with positive action.
I suspected that within healthcare, women tend to occupy the lower-qualification roles more than the higher-qualification. This article [2] seems to confirm that: women are large majority in roles like nursing, hygienist, technologist but only occupy 44% of physician roles.
So... yeah sounds like despite women getting most new jobs, they're not exactly privileged, just lucky to be in a growing industry.
[1] https://nchstats.com/us-health-industry-jobs/#:~:text=manufacturing%20or%20retail.-,Gender%20and%20Diversity%20in%20the%20Workforce,home%20care%2C%20and%20administrative%20roles https://nchstats.com/us-health-industry-jobs/#:~:text=manufa...
[2] https://www.hiringlab.org/2025/08/26/august-labor-market-update-healthcare-roles-and-the-women-who-occupy-them/#:~:text=The%20healthcare%20and%20social%20assistance%20subsector%20%E2%80%94%20which%20has%20driven%20more,employees%2C%20according%20to%20federal%20data. https://www.hiringlab.org/2025/08/26/august-labor-market-upd...