daenerys comments on Why officers vs. enlisted? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 31 October 2013 04:55:25AM 7 points [-]

Is it merely historical accident for each separate profession?

Just like the two ladders in militaries is a holdover from a more classist society, the doctor/nurse divide is at least partly a holdover from a past (more) sexist society. Even today about 90% of nurses are women. This might be interesting if someone had access past the paywall: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3540064