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My medical school class is over half female (none / 0)

I am a first year so it is a while before make it into the profession, but it is a good sign for gender equality.


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by Student Guy on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:26:18 PM EST

Re: My medical school class is over half female (none / 0)

"Gender equality" would only apply if they applied and were accepted to med school at the same rates as males (which at this point, I think they do) and if they receive the same amount of pay as you do when you graduate (not sure on this one, but doubtful).
Not to take anything away from your accomplishments of course, but gender "equality" is really an illusion in most workplaces.
by skohayes on Fri May 16, 2008 at 12:47:42 PM EST
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To add another industry (none / 0)

I'll throw I.T. into the discussion here.  I still see far more men than women (I would venture to say that 70-80% of my technical contacts are male).  Pay is harder to gauge since it's not something we talk about, but my husband typically earns 30-50% more than I do for the same job description and my evals say the discrepancy is not because of performance.  At one point in my career this was true at the same Fortune 5 company, working in the same department, on the same projects.  I think my current employer does better at gender equality with regards to pay than most, but sad to say I do not see new female I.T. graduates at nearly the same rate as men, and frequently the jobs they end up taking are not in their field of interest.


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by bigsky on Fri May 16, 2008 at 01:08:21 PM EST
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The rate of acceptance is fairly equal (none / 0)

at least it was at my school don't have the statistics for any others.

Pay might be influenced by field selection and schedule.  Nighthawk radiologists tend to be mostly male and they get paid a lot of money.


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by Student Guy on Fri May 16, 2008 at 02:03:10 PM EST
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