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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You were close until you somehow came out with a gendered conclusion

The commonality is that they are publicly funded

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gender plays a major role in the shortages we're seeing: teachers and healthcare.

If we can't support mothers who want to work, we'll continue to have shortages. Men have never made up the majority of these jobs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ah my mistake, that explains why people always thought nurse meant female doctor

And famously through the 70s-90s there were massive shortages due to women staying home