Romney loses election

[Ben Kenobi]

What if women just don't want to take STEM courses? Why not just leave them alone and let them decide what they want to do? For example, they seem to like becoming lawyers and doctors; law school and med school enrollment is about 50-50. They also seem to like getting grad degrees in education, nursing, and the humanities.

Yeah, I deal with this all the time. There are a fair number of men that I teach with - our school is pretty good about hiring both men and women so that it's not overwhelmingly ladies.

My take - 100 ladies working as doctors are not going to put in the same hours as 100 men. Ergo - if the profession keeps the same number of slots, there is going to be a shortage as lady doctors take time off to have kids - spend time with their kids, etc. Doctors work an insane schedule that isn't very compatible with the way that most women prefer to work. Either the schedule changes (unlikely), or the lady doctors change their way of working (also unlikely). Are they going to open up more slots? That's the only way I can see it working and doctor is one of the few occupations where people are in more not less demand.

I think it's great that they are going to school and getting degrees. I've worked with quite a few of them over the years. Wonderful people.

[Asher]

I agree with Ben - women should not be having children.

Our birthrate is just too damn high.

[Ben Kenobi]

Our birthrate is just too damn high.

Um, you're aware that it's 1.6 in Canada? Those are 'death spiral' levels.

[DinoDoc]

Why do you want me to hurt you? Don't pretend the second sentence of that post doesn't exist.

Because a) you're responding to a quote about the hyperbolic tone struck by the article and b) Gabriel Range and Simon Finch were never visted by the SS.

[The Mad Monk]

Wait, Why doesn't 'Poly have "I'm With Stupid" Smilies?

So you're good with having your profession disrespected?

[MRT144]

Which century?

Lynching hasn't been a thing for upwards of 30 years, dude.

Why did they choose lynching over say, burning? Actions have intent, meaning and context behind them.

[MRT144]

I agree, but only because doctors aren't told what sort of tradeoffs they should be making. Four years ago I went to the hospital because of pain in my non-appendix side. The doctor diagnosed me with kidney stones in less than 30 seconds. He was completely confident. There was no doubt whatsoever in his voice.

He then ordered a CT scan for me, just to make sure.

I'm not an expert on health, but I understand those are expensive. Someone, somewhere should have been there to tell him "no, it's OK, I trust you, you don't have to back this up with expensive machinery. If you're that confident, let's go ahead and assume it's kidney stones and move on."

It's not that what he did was fraudulent, or malpractice. CT scans do help confirm a kidney stones diagnosis. It's just a very large price to pay for that information.

Doctors should not be letting people over the age of 75 get cancer treatment.

[Jaguar]

I suspect there is much less important health care to cut. As mentioned, I consider my CT scan a good example.

I suspect that doctors are frequently bothered about trivial illnesses. Cancer is non-trivial.

[MRT144]

I suspect there is much less important health care to cut. As mentioned, I consider my CT scan a good example.

I suspect that doctors are frequently bothered about trivial illnesses. Cancer is non-trivial.

Good thing I'm not a doctor cause I'd have a mug full of pens with "You had a good run" on them to hand out to octogenarians.

[Jaguar]

It's possible that we should be spending more money on (for example) vacations, and less money on end-of-life healthcare. I don't know; it's a hard choice. I'd just prefer to make the easy ones first.

[giblets]

It's a joke. Lighten up. God, people get outraged over everything. Political correctness is bull**** anyway.

What is so funny about implying the lynching of a black man?

[Kuciwalker]

I don't know what HC finds funny, but I'm amused that the empty chair metaphor has become enough of a thing that rednecks are using it unironically.

[Guynemer]

So you're good with having your profession disrespected?

Certain members of our profession are not worthy of respect.

[The Mad Monk]

That's a Secret Service visit, right there. Seriously.

Called it.

The Secret Service said it was looking into the empty chair incidents. "The Secret Service is aware of this and will conduct appropriate followup," spokesman Brian Leary told NBC News.

[The Mad Monk]

Certain members of our profession are not worthy of respect.

Per Kentonio, it's painting the rest of you.