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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Why aren't there more women lawyers? They make up about 53% of law school graduates. That is a good question. Maybe they need to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.
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I don’t know what you’re getting at by your bootstraps comment. The ACC reports the rate of women leaving the workforce is related to the time burden, low flexibility and perceived difficulties in maintains career trajectory following leave. UC Irvine Law reports a combination of similar factors, as well as societal acceptance of underemployment among women and its perceived short term benefits (like, you know, having a mother care for a newborn) but concludes that workplace discrimination is not a majority contributor.
It’s not pulling the bootstraps harder, in the face of some sort of sexist culture.