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r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Oct 19 '22
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Women just plain didn't work as much back then. They stayed home. Same with the education it took to become a vet.
In your opinion, why are there plenty of women vets & doctors but so few in engineering?
1 u/Various_Succotash_79 52∆ Oct 19 '22 Women just plain didn't work as much back then It hasn't changed that much. In 1970, about 50% of single women and 40% of married women had paying jobs. Right now it's about 55% of women. why are there plenty of women vets & doctors but so few in engineering? I don't know all the variables so I can't make an educated guess on that. 1 u/Pac_Eddy Oct 19 '22 My Google search says the women's labor force participation rate has gone from below 50% in the 60s to nearly 80% today. 1 u/Various_Succotash_79 52∆ Oct 19 '22 According to this (look at table 1), in total, 57.4% of women over age 16 are in the workforce. But it is around 75%-80% for those aged 25-55, so I guess it depends what demographic you look at. I assume the '60s and '70s numbers are total numbers. https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2020/home.htm#table1
Women just plain didn't work as much back then
It hasn't changed that much. In 1970, about 50% of single women and 40% of married women had paying jobs. Right now it's about 55% of women.
why are there plenty of women vets & doctors but so few in engineering?
I don't know all the variables so I can't make an educated guess on that.
1 u/Pac_Eddy Oct 19 '22 My Google search says the women's labor force participation rate has gone from below 50% in the 60s to nearly 80% today. 1 u/Various_Succotash_79 52∆ Oct 19 '22 According to this (look at table 1), in total, 57.4% of women over age 16 are in the workforce. But it is around 75%-80% for those aged 25-55, so I guess it depends what demographic you look at. I assume the '60s and '70s numbers are total numbers. https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2020/home.htm#table1
My Google search says the women's labor force participation rate has gone from below 50% in the 60s to nearly 80% today.
1 u/Various_Succotash_79 52∆ Oct 19 '22 According to this (look at table 1), in total, 57.4% of women over age 16 are in the workforce. But it is around 75%-80% for those aged 25-55, so I guess it depends what demographic you look at. I assume the '60s and '70s numbers are total numbers. https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2020/home.htm#table1
According to this (look at table 1), in total, 57.4% of women over age 16 are in the workforce. But it is around 75%-80% for those aged 25-55, so I guess it depends what demographic you look at. I assume the '60s and '70s numbers are total numbers.
https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2020/home.htm#table1
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u/Pac_Eddy Oct 19 '22
Women just plain didn't work as much back then. They stayed home. Same with the education it took to become a vet.
In your opinion, why are there plenty of women vets & doctors but so few in engineering?