From: Lady Carrigaholt 



CE wrote:

> On Mar 29, 7:34 am, "Joseph Meehan" 
> wrote:
>
> >     When I was in pre-med it was about 40% women (back in the 60's)
> >
> > > The last graduating class from the same school had over 50% women
> > > graduates.
>
> The percentage of doctors who are women is not relevent to this
> discussion because the claim I made was that even in today's society
> it is still the man's role to defend and provide for women and
> children.
>
> Doctors heal. They nurture. In the process of doing that, yes, they
> save lives. So does the baker when he or she provides bread for people
> to eat. Without food, we'd all perish. But that doesn't make baking an
> act of defending people or providing for them since the bread is sold.
>
> In the occupations where there is a clear mandate to defend the
> population from danger, such as among police officers, firefighters
> and soldiers, the overwhelming majority of people who hold those jobs
> are men. This is a clear indication that the men gravitate towards
> these occupations and women shy away from them because it is still
> seen as the man's role to defend women and children.

Give over.
A century ago there were very few women admitted to medical school.


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