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<blockquote data-quote="tugofpeace" data-source="post: 1135606" data-attributes="member: 14509"><p>In hindsight my statement was an overreaction at one person's post, but it was in response to the idea that women are completely incompetent and incapable of higher level jobs as compared to men. </p><p></p><p>I'm not a white knight and I certainly don't put women on a pedestal but at the same time I think that they do have the capability to achieve highly (although this is a minority of them). They're people just like anyone else, and not all of them are manipulative scumbags who screw their way to the top.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Medschool is pretty much memorization. Sure, you have to understand complex processes, but how many times do you have to actually create something using a concept? Most of what I've seen in the medical field is people who learn a ton of information during their education and then just have that as a database of subjects in their mind that they can refer to in their professional career. Even my sister, in a 6 year medschool program, thinks it's mostly just memorization. I'm sure this varies based on the field but for the most part that is the case.</p><p></p><p>If you put a med student in an engineering program, they would be humbled very quickly, in my opinion. You can't just grind your way into a perfect GPA in electrical engineering, for example. There was one kid in my EE courses who was high IQ, I literally saw him sleep in all the lectures and he would ACE the test with ease. Graduated with a 4.0 in a school where that was considered impossible, and got crazy job offers, but in the end he went the PHD route. Fields in which such things happen are where women can't easily excel because you can't get by through right brain thinking. Your best efforts will only take you so far because your intelligence will surely check you. I don't think I could get a 4.0 if I had all the time in the world to study. Makes sense when you consider how engineering is male dominated, yes?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tugofpeace, post: 1135606, member: 14509"] In hindsight my statement was an overreaction at one person's post, but it was in response to the idea that women are completely incompetent and incapable of higher level jobs as compared to men. I'm not a white knight and I certainly don't put women on a pedestal but at the same time I think that they do have the capability to achieve highly (although this is a minority of them). They're people just like anyone else, and not all of them are manipulative scumbags who screw their way to the top. Medschool is pretty much memorization. Sure, you have to understand complex processes, but how many times do you have to actually create something using a concept? Most of what I've seen in the medical field is people who learn a ton of information during their education and then just have that as a database of subjects in their mind that they can refer to in their professional career. Even my sister, in a 6 year medschool program, thinks it's mostly just memorization. I'm sure this varies based on the field but for the most part that is the case. If you put a med student in an engineering program, they would be humbled very quickly, in my opinion. You can't just grind your way into a perfect GPA in electrical engineering, for example. There was one kid in my EE courses who was high IQ, I literally saw him sleep in all the lectures and he would ACE the test with ease. Graduated with a 4.0 in a school where that was considered impossible, and got crazy job offers, but in the end he went the PHD route. Fields in which such things happen are where women can't easily excel because you can't get by through right brain thinking. Your best efforts will only take you so far because your intelligence will surely check you. I don't think I could get a 4.0 if I had all the time in the world to study. Makes sense when you consider how engineering is male dominated, yes? [/QUOTE]
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