UK: 'Whining women surgeons who complain about sexist industry are making excuses'

Submitted by Broadsword on Sat, 2011-12-10 15:57

Article here. Excerpt:

"A top female surgeon has rejected claims the profession is sexist, saying women surgeons who claim it is should stop whining and that many are using the allegation to hide they fact they are not good enough.

Helen Fernandes, who chairs the Women in Surgery group at the Royal College of Surgeons, dismissed claims that sexism was the cause for only eight per cent of consultant surgeons being female. The number is even lower in neurosurgery, which is Ms Fernandes' area of specialism.
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Ms Fernandes works as a consultant at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. In an interview with The Times, she said: 'I don't think true sexism or harassment along those lines really exists.

In my opinion, a lot of girls who say that they've experienced sexism are, generally speaking, not up to the mark surgically. 'Sexism' almost becomes an excuse.'

One of the reasons put forward for the low number of female surgeons is the unpredictable nature of shifts, which could interfere with domestic issues. Ms Fernandes, who has three children, told young women wanting to build a career in medicine to stop moaning about having kids and to invest in home help.
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'Don't whine for hours about childcare issues or the fact that you're a mother. Domesticity is a dirge.'"

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It's hard to tell what "not good enough" means in this context. Most likely it is simply the fact that women don't want to work that hard, don't want to pay the price. They prefer more flexible and easier occupations, and various surveys document this. Perhaps most notable along these lines is Warren Farrell's book called Why Men Earn More.

Totally unacknowledged in this article, is hypergamy. Women want to marry rich, successful men. They don't want to attract a man because they themselves are rich and successful.

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Submitted by redwoodwriter on Mon, 2011-12-12 03:42