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  Feminised jobs 4 August 2004  
Do professions lose their status when dominated by women?

The president of the Royal College of Physicians thinks that if more women become doctors the profession will become less highly regarded.  But does a preponderance of women automatically make a job seem inferior?

Jenni discusses the issues with John Bangs, head of education and equal opportunities at the National Union of Teachers  and Professor Irene Bruegel, from London South Bank University.


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