Now that I think about it...
First of all, I failed to mention another profession in which we women hold a demographic stranglehold - nursing. The vast majority of nurses - with some exceptions, particularly in semi-independent practice settings and intensive-care units - are women. Despite all the talk of equality in the feminist movement of my youth, there has been remarkably little change in this demographic fact since my childhood. One does not see men fight for the equal right to practice nursing in the same way... Sign in to see full entry.