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[jon-nyc]

@LuFins-Dad Some I’m sure.

A lot of 18 year old girls choose to be psych majors because they’re “people people” and don’t feel any strong attraction to any other particular field. Then it snowballs from there.

[Jolly]

And it's easy, compared to STEM careers, particularly at the undergrad level.

[jon-nyc]

A friend of mine’s daughter went to Bucknell to be a math major. She started hanging around the partying crowd, had no time to keep up with math, and switched to psych.

[LuFins Dad]

It’s the psychiatry majors that are my main concern… Once you get that MD, the level of influence is much higher.

[jon-nyc]

Maybe but the graph is psychology. Not sure what the psychiatry chart would look like.

Based on my single-digit n of experience it would be far more balanced.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Equity Now!:

Maybe but the graph is psychology. Not sure what the psychiatry chart would look like.

Based on my single-digit n of experience it would be far more balanced.

Not the most current data, but the trend is the same.

[Catseye3]

This may be a duh, but maybe the difference in the two charts is accounted for by social workers being included in the psychology category? Are they not mostly women?

Also, the field of psychology is broken up into all sorts of squishy job classifications that I'm too lazy to look up, some of which I think you can qualify for with an associate's degree.

[Jolly]

Wouldn't social workers primarily have degrees in sociology?

[George K]

Just wondering, do the men get paid more?

[Catseye3]

@Jolly said in Equity Now!:

Wouldn't social workers primarily have degrees in sociology?

Found this: "A bachelor's degree in social work (BSW) is the most common minimum education requirement however, a degree in a related field such as psychology, sociology, and public health administration may also qualify you for some entry-level jobs in the field."