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Anyone notice what these “non-professional” degrees have in common?
Nursing
Physician assistants
Physical therapists
Audiologists
Architects
Accountants
Educators
Social workers
Here’s a hint, look at the two least obvious ones:
43% of new architects are women:
https://www.ncarb.org/blog/new-architects-are-increasingly-diverse-explore-updated-demographics-data
And 60% of all accountants:
https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/accountant/demographics/
This is clearly a plan to minimize career paths for women.
Edit What the heck, lets check the rest of them…
92% of audiologists are women:
https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/audiologist/demographics/
88.8% of nurses:
https://www.aacnnursing.org/news-data/fact-sheets/nursing-workforce-fact-sheet
75% of physician assistants:
https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physician-assistant/demographics/
70% of physical therapists:
https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/physical-therapist/demographics/
77% of educators:
81% of social workers:
https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/social-worker/demographics/



This is actually the one that I would agree with, if the difference is “professional” vs. “academic.” I certainly wouldn’t call a natural science degree professional, and if you’re in a research institution studying some form of engineering I’d probably put you in the same category. Just my experience/opinion though (and the rest of the exclusions are super stupid, I agree).
Engineers are literally required to licensed by the state as “Professional Engineers” in order to do their job (or at least they have to be supervised by someone who is), just like doctors and lawyers are. If that doesn’t count as professional, WTF does?!