A driving factor is the rising number of women joining medical schools, the General Medical Council says.

Some 164,440 women are registered with a licence to practise, making up 50.04% of the register, compared with 164,195 men, the medical regulator said.

  • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    One of the driving factors has been the rising number of women joining UK medical schools, it added.

    Well duh. But why is there a rising number of women enrolling in medical school? That seems like an important factor in this change.

  • kokolores@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    71·
    1 day ago

    The question is whether we also see the classic effect of declining prestige and salary when gender dominance changes from male to female.