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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Women should ask themselves what the traditional male equivalent is of whatever they’re traditionally considering, and consider that instead, because it’s usually more lucrative.

Example, teacher versus tenured college professor.
Nurse versus doctor
Cosmetologist versus dermatologist
Art teacher versus engineer
Admin assistant vs program manager

Obviously these are all very different jobs, but I hope you get what I mean.

Also, women should not shy away from things or jobs with numbers in them. Data science, business analysis, finance, corporate real estate, etc. I wish as many women were interested in business school as they are law school.

Lastly, I wish more women would run for office[/quote]

What?  Most of these are absurd and not comparable.

Cosmetologist:  6 wks.  Dermatologist:  More than 10 years.

Art teacher vs engineer?  That's not even worth addressing.[/quote]

They are absolutely ridiculous. They need to have similar educations/background requirements like:

Social worker (mainly female) vs probation officer (mainly male)
Daycare worker                      vs. sanitation worker
Cosmetologist                         Vs. welder/electrician
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You guys did not get PPs point. She is saying, give a choice, many women settle for the easier role in that specific industry. 
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Is that even true anymore?  Last I checked, there were more women going into medical school than men.

I also think that many of the aforementioned "women's" roles are more difficult and have a higher level of responsibility than was previously assigned to them, and we are finding that out as more and more women who are driven to succeed in their careers aren't choosing nursing and teaching anymore.  I am not saying that the overall quality of people in those roles has gone down, but those rare people who are both brilliant and driven in a particular field and are needed to help it thrive just aren't choosing those fields any longer, and they are missed.   [/quote]

They go into medicine and promptly choose some of the lowest paying specialities.  Have you seen the % of women in surgery or ortho or IV radiology or IV cardiology, some of the highest paying specialities. [/quote]

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