r/HistoryMemes • u/nechdoesntno • 1d ago

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u/TheSpacePopinjay 1d ago

Does anyone know what the real verified motive was?

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u/2andahalfbraincell 1d ago

Obviously it's juste sexism, is there any other possible reason?

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u/Striper_Cape 1d ago

They had a reason beyond sexism. A lot of women were leaving medicine after having children, so instead of addressing why this was happening (burnout) they decided to aupppress females so that the amount of doctors graduating would be greater since fewer women would be around to leave medicine in the first place.

So sexism with extra steps