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Monday, April 08, 2002


Pink Ghetto Blues

Depressing figures about teacher salary increases in the 90s.

And people wonder why there is a shortage of educators.

Plus this bit on future nurse shortages -- partly attributed to poor pay.

Could these phenomena be related? Is it mere coincidence that these professions were the pink ghettos for educated women who wanted careers in the 1900s?

Why am I not surprised there are shortages now? Women have learned they can earn more and be treated with more respect in workplaces that are not so traditionally female. Go figure.

A proposal in the UK to limit female medical school admissions, however, is not the way to deal with projected shortages in a profession.