How many of the men are taking 10 years off to have babies?
See????

Well done Maisie. I finally agree with something you've said.

Okay, shall we suggest the profession follows other institutes since the introduction of sex discrimatory legislation and advance females for reasons other than professional competence especially in the lecturing, supervisory, or management feilds? Let us say the ability to bear children be a consideration to advancement or, alternatively, give men say a 10 year sabatical to compensate for the Cinderella feeling of their colleagues? Surely the purposes of doctoring is to doctor and advancement into other spheres, while an integrate part of an organisation, is incidental to the professional and primary task involved and, if so, where is the cause to bemoan what some consider unluck? One is reminded of one of Shakespeare's sentiments when he said, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings"!

This is of course, assuming all of our female doctors have children.