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0 pointsrada13y ago0 comments

I just googled male vs. female percentages of UK doctors. Looks like the ratio is roughly 40% female to 60% male. In what alternate reality is that "predominantly female"? This whole save-the-men hysteria is getting out of hand.

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tomwalker13y ago

In my cohort of 12 individuals, 4 are male. This is not unusual unless you do surgery.

"Looking at the figures shows that the picture is unambiguous. Not only are women doctors to outnumber their male counterparts in the UK by 2017, in general practice this will happen in the next four years. Entry data from medical schools show that over the past four decades the number of men entering medicine has doubled whereas the number of women has increased 10-fold."

http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=2...

radaOP13y ago

In my cohort of 12 individuals, 4 are male.

And in my chair, 100% of mobile engineers are female. Woo hoo.

Now let's move on to your article. So much material there, where to begin!

We are feminising medicine. It has been a profession dominated by white males. What are we going to have to do to ensure it retains its influence?

Oh no, what are we going to do to ensure that medicine remains dominated by white males?!

There is a tsunami of women coming through.

Aaaaahhh... TSUNAMI! SOMEONE GET THE LIFEBOATS! Nope, doesn't sound hysterical at all.

tomwalker13y ago

I am not saying that we should ensure that white males dominate anything.

I just believe that there should be NO discrimination whether positive or negative.

People should get a position based on their merit. If it ends up that a profession is all male or all female, so be it.

I would never spout a ridiculous angle such as 'child minders are predominantly female so lets make it easier for a male to get the job'.

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tomwalker13y ago

In my cohort of 12 individuals, 4 are male. This is not unusual unless you do surgery.

http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=2...

radaOP13y ago

In my cohort of 12 individuals, 4 are male.

And in my chair, 100% of mobile engineers are female. Woo hoo.

Now let's move on to your article. So much material there, where to begin!

We are feminising medicine. It has been a profession dominated by white males. What are we going to have to do to ensure it retains its influence?

Oh no, what are we going to do to ensure that medicine remains dominated by white males?!

There is a tsunami of women coming through.

Aaaaahhh... TSUNAMI! SOMEONE GET THE LIFEBOATS! Nope, doesn't sound hysterical at all.

tomwalker13y ago

I am not saying that we should ensure that white males dominate anything.

I just believe that there should be NO discrimination whether positive or negative.

People should get a position based on their merit. If it ends up that a profession is all male or all female, so be it.

I would never spout a ridiculous angle such as 'child minders are predominantly female so lets make it easier for a male to get the job'.

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