• ryathal
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    5 hours ago

    That stat wasn’t even real when it was published.

    • ArbiterXero@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      The data from that study didn’t even compare similar fields.

      It compared a Walmart worker to a doctor lol.

      It was a wild study.

      • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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        How come women are more likely to become Walmart workers than doctors compared to men? Here are some contributing factors:

        Girls are taught to see doctors as men
        Girls receive less pressure to excel in science
        Girls are taught to be more squeamish while boys are permitted to make messes
        Maintaining a professional career is harder without maternity leave
        Employers may view the prospect of having to pay maternity leave as a business risk
        Women may avoid academia due to a fear of not being taken seriously
        Girls are discouraged from occupying positions of authority
        Women may fear not being taken seriously by patients
        Girls are often told not to worry about their careers and to focus on marriage instead

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            1 hour ago

            If anything, the user you responded to was demonstrating subconscious biases against female doctors lol

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              32 minutes ago

              Way worse than that.

              Girls are taught to be more squeamish while boys are permitted to make messes
              Girls are discouraged from occupying positions of authority

              What? Lol

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            Cool. Drag guesses that means they must have been majority male up until 21 years ago. That explains why most doctors were still male 15 years ago.