Quota systems do not work. Never have, never will.
Give me a meritocracy or give me death.
I have a cousin who is an early childhood teacher. The attitudes she displays toward the quota system in her industry for males is an almost mirror of the attitudes displayed here. Although somewhat darker. Instead of "she just 'knew' the right people", the conversation becomes "why would a grown man want to teach young kids, that's creepy and risky to give them access" and they are not alone in this view. I am sure the same types of conversations are had in the nursing community. I feel these conversations and comments are a direct result of the personal injustice of quota systems.
Instead of quota systems, we need an organic grass roots system that instills in our children that they can be whatever they want to be and can work in whatever career they want. But as ruprecht stated, that takes time.
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