"scarce" resources, college and sexism

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And then there's this:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/opinion/23britz.html

It's the sort of thing that makes it hard for me to imagine any world in which women, at least as a group, don't always lose.

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The interesting case for me isn't medicine (which from what I've read is still fairly gender balanced, with the imbalances showing up in specialties - most surgeons are men, and almost all oby/gyn specialists are women), but in law, where the percentage of women going to law school passed 50% a decade or so ago and continues to increase. Given that this is one of the high status professions, as well as one of the major stepping stones to political office, it will be fascinating to see what happens. I'm hoping the result will be more women in US politics.