Post #3749894
2026-07-11 21:14 UTC
When my mom started medical school, the dean gathered everyone in the auditorium and announced "I've been forced to admit three women into this class, but I want everyone to know that they took a spot away from a qualified man."
Fifty-something years later, my dad just got his latest batch of cardiology fellows, residents, and interns -- and every one of them is female.
Replies (4)
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@fullyabstract@fosstodon.org 2026-07-11 21:21
@dan@discuss.systems The phenomenon where once an occupation or activity becomes female coded men opt out (and pay drops).
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@clark@hachyderm.io 2026-07-11 22:51
@dan@discuss.systems - the only word that comes to mind is “putz”.
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@ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social 2026-07-11 23:42
@dan@discuss.systems Your mom didn’t go to med school in Virginia, did she?
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@slevelt@aus.social 2026-07-12 00:35
@dan@discuss.systems 🫀