Christopher Ross Milburn over 2 years ago
I was a diehard CMA member for my entire 20 year career and still see that the CMA has potential to be a valuable organization. But this "Equity and Diversity" crap is what is driving me out. I won't pay for membership again next year.
(Warning - sarcasm ahead) Perhaps we need a special program for males because 58% of med students are female for the last few years (females have been in the majority for ~25 years). Perhaps we need to work against having so many Asians because they are over-represented (so of course they must have some unfair advantage!). And don't even get me going about how over-represented Jewish people are! Obviously there must be some type of pro-Jewish agenda! I'm not for letting people "self-declare" their race (right now that's the way it works in NS, and Dalhousie already has a lower standard for entry for anyone who says they are from a "disadvantaged group"). So maybe we should develop a skin tone test of some sort to help us figure out how we should treat people?
Or how about we just drop all this "I'm hard done by" crap, and all the "systemic discrimination" garbage, realize that medicine in Canada is one of the most open and least racist areas EVER in the history of the world. Let's focus on excellence, togetherness, colour-blindness, and maintaining high standards and respect for the profession, rather than dissolving into identity politics and competing to decide who is hardest-done-by.
I HIGHLY recommend Douglas Murray's new book "The Madness of Crowds" if you need a primer on why this continued push to "Equity and Diversity" is toxic.
Equality of opportunity is NOT the same as equality of outcome. In fact, trying to engineer equality of outcome ruins equality of opportunity.
Shannon Marie Ruzycki over 2 years ago in reply to Christopher Ross Milburn
If we are treating people equally, as you are so sure, why are women physicians in Canada paid less than men physicians, even when controlling for specialty choice, time at work, and other relevant factors, in both non-FFS and FFS compensation models: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2751882#soi190062r1 and https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-implement-salary-increase-more-800-women-faculty-members
Shannon Marie Ruzycki over 2 years ago in reply to Shannon Marie Ruzycki
Further, if we are treating men and women physicians equally, why do women physicians experience sexual harassment at rates that are double (or higher) that of men physicians: https://www.nap.edu/download/24994# and https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(19)30013-6/fulltext
Overall, your opinion is that we are treating men and women equally. Evidence demonstrates that this is not true. The CMA policy looks to address this. Why are you actually opposed to this? Are you worried that you, as a man, will lose something if women are paid the same and are protected from harassment at work?