When the Overland telegraph was first set up in Australia and for the next
twenty years, all telephonists were Male, in the 1950's & 1960's they were
all female, today in the nineties the mix is about 60/40 m/f.
The main difference is I believe, is that ladies are more facile and are
more fastidious about detail which is afterall something I seek in
prospective applicants for Histo.
Regards Mike (downunder)
-----Original Message-----
From: DayDawning@aol.com <DayDawning@aol.com>
To: jkiernan@julian.uwo.ca <jkiernan@julian.uwo.ca>; cbuddyh@mindspring.com
<cbuddyh@mindspring.com>
Cc: histonet@Pathology.swmed.edu <histonet@Pathology.swmed.edu>
Date: Friday, 12 February 1999 12:17
Subject: Re: crowded laboratory (mice)


>In a message dated 2/11/99 2:33:25 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>jkiernan@julian.uwo.ca writes:
>
><<  The womice came in later, when they were
>   the majority, and gnawed off the testes of all but the fastest
>   gentlemice. Thus, genes for aggression and speed got passed
>   on to the mildren, and this is still going on ....
>  >>
>Would this theory explain why the majority of the folks in the field of
>histology are women?
>Dawn
>