Re:BritRuby cancelled due to a lack of racial and gender div...
by josephlord on Monday November 19, 2012 @06:38AM
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> There are female interest groups to promote women in surgery, female only exam practice etc despite them making up the majority. Could there ever be male only revision sessions? Of course not, that would be sexist
Are women definitely the majority in surgery as opposed to medicine? My impression was that men dominated the surgical specialisms. This isn't really intended to be a knock on your argument but to ask you to double check this point.
In answer to the general point I have heard discussion of ways to encourage men to become Primary School teachers although that might have been more to balance out the role models for young children than being a matter of pure justice.
Re:BritRuby cancelled due to a lack of racial and gender div...
by rmc on Monday November 19, 2012 @06:48AM
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encourage men to become Primary School teachers although that might have been more to balance out the role models for young children than being a matter of pure justice.
It can be both.
White people are under represented relative to the population in UK medical schools in this study
http://www.bmj.com/content/336/7647/748
Women out number men in western medical school
Will we ever see drives to increase white males into this profession? I doubt it
There are female interest groups to promote women in surgery, female only exam practice etc despite them making up the majority. Could there ever be male only revision sessions? Of course not, that would be sexist
(My partner is a female doctor)