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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 1830837" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>Nope. Wrong.</p><p>My wife is also a veterinarian, and even though I'm 66, I grew up with a whole lot of female veterinary students and female veterinarian colleagues. There is very little that a male veterinarian can do that a female can't... and in most cases, if the woman can't do it, the guy probably shouldn't be doing it either... that's how we get hurt. Or killed.</p><p></p><p>Did I have greater arm/upper body strength than her? Yeah, but she was faster, more agile, and had longer arms. She was better at palpating mares (I could never find anything in there unless I just ran into a big ol' foal), I was better on cows. If I could reach a fetal body part, I could usually pull it into position for delivery. Her smaller, longer arms made for greater reach - especially when delivering piglets, lambs, kids. The list goes on and on. It didn't take long to convince the old farts in our practice area that she could do anything that needed to be done; quite a few producers even preferred her over me or our male employer.</p><p></p><p>Since women have occupied 80+% of veterinary school slots for the past 25+ years, if you're waiting around for a man to show up... you may be waiting a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 1830837, member: 12607"] Nope. Wrong. My wife is also a veterinarian, and even though I'm 66, I grew up with a whole lot of female veterinary students and female veterinarian colleagues. There is very little that a male veterinarian can do that a female can't... and in most cases, if the woman can't do it, the guy probably shouldn't be doing it either... that's how we get hurt. Or killed. Did I have greater arm/upper body strength than her? Yeah, but she was faster, more agile, and had longer arms. She was better at palpating mares (I could never find anything in there unless I just ran into a big ol' foal), I was better on cows. If I could reach a fetal body part, I could usually pull it into position for delivery. Her smaller, longer arms made for greater reach - especially when delivering piglets, lambs, kids. The list goes on and on. It didn't take long to convince the old farts in our practice area that she could do anything that needed to be done; quite a few producers even preferred her over me or our male employer. Since women have occupied 80+% of veterinary school slots for the past 25+ years, if you're waiting around for a man to show up... you may be waiting a while. [/QUOTE]
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