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Women outperform men after Japan medical school stops rigging exam scores
The Guardian ^ | 6/19/19 | Justin McCurry

Posted on 06/19/2019 8:27:42 AM PDT by OddLane

Women have outperformed their male counterparts in entrance examinations for a medical school in Japan that last year admitted rigging admission procedures to give men an unfair advantage.

Juntendo University in Tokyo said that of the 1,679 women who took its medical school entrance exam earlier this year, 139, or 8.28%, had passed. The pass rate among 2,202 male candidates was 7.72%.

It was the first time in seven years that the pass rate among women was higher than among men, the Asahi Shimbun reported.

The university attributed the exam results to its decision to “abolish the unfair treatment of female applicants” after last year’s revelations...

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chatforum; grauniad; japan; medicalschool
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1 posted on 06/19/2019 8:27:42 AM PDT by OddLane
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said female applicants had performed slightly better than men this year after gender-based anomalies in the admissions procedure were removed.

Okay, so they took out math..?

2 posted on 06/19/2019 8:37:09 AM PDT by gaijin
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If you ask a candidate to stand on the edge of the bathtub and pee in the toilet, then that is unfair to women.


3 posted on 06/19/2019 8:39:08 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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Jutendo?

I’ve never even heard of it.

Yes, it exists, but, uh...this study smells like a simple way to get their name picked up by the credulous, PC foreign media and get circulated.

Feminism and diversity don’t generally play well in Japan but the foreign media LOOOVE this type of story, they absolutely LAP IT UP.


4 posted on 06/19/2019 8:39:42 AM PDT by gaijin
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“manipulated exam results to give first-time male applicants an advantage over women and others who had previously failed the exam”.’


5 posted on 06/19/2019 8:40:18 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: gaijin

For “stops”, read “starts”.


6 posted on 06/19/2019 8:46:41 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: OddLane

I wonder what would happen in the US if schools/police & fire depts started doing the same thing...


7 posted on 06/19/2019 8:47:45 AM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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To: gaijin

They don’t make the candidates present their key ring to gain entry to the exam room.


8 posted on 06/19/2019 8:48:24 AM PDT by Darteaus94025 (Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
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ANYONE with recent experience in the US military will understand WHAT is happening in the photo below:

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ANYONE with recent experience in the military understands what's going on in this photo of US Marines, above

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Don't miss the supplementary column at extreme right.

You will have to scroll over extra for that.

woman captain limping on march, hunched over

Brit firefighter can't knock down door

female soldier easily bested in boxing by marine

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9 posted on 06/19/2019 8:50:59 AM PDT by gaijin
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From an older article in the Guardian:

“The investigation found that in this year’s entrance exams the school reduced all applicants’ first-stage test scores by 20% and then added at least 20 points for male applicants, except those who had previously failed the test at least four times. It said similar manipulations had occurred for years because the school wanted fewer female doctors, since it anticipated they would shorten or halt their careers after having children.”

Still think this is a laughing matter?


10 posted on 06/19/2019 8:51:36 AM PDT by MoraBlack
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In the 90’s I visited a Japanese machine tool manufacturer to doe some test cuts on a research machine in their main factory. One of the first things I noticed was that the only women worked in clean room assembly and as secretaries. It was like the 1960’s in the factories with bathing suit or less pictures on the toolboxes and the floor workers leering and obviously commenting at any woman who walked by. The secretaries seemed surprised when I thanked them for the Coke or tea they brought me. I thought, boys, you are in for a surprise in the future.


11 posted on 06/19/2019 8:54:23 AM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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In general, with wide variation at the individual level, women’s brains are 10% smaller than men’s, and they score 5% less on cognitive tests. That is reflected in traditional medical school entrance exams. The only way to have women on average score higher is to rig the exam, or handicap the boys for many years in the government schools.


12 posted on 06/19/2019 8:57:09 AM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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Knew this would turn into a woman-bash fest.

Realize that while in some ways the Japs are very smart and good, they also have been traditionally extremely racist and sexist in general. You white American men might not appreciate that being subject to the commie PC police here, but it is true.


13 posted on 06/19/2019 8:59:39 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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I’ll bet that those schools have students that are over-represented by Asians.


14 posted on 06/19/2019 9:00:22 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Just how much math is required for a biology-based career?

In my tutoring I’m not aware of much besides calculus I, which is pretty good but not excessive.


15 posted on 06/19/2019 9:00:53 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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Japs, to be specific. They don’t take to kindly to any outsiders, including other orientals.


16 posted on 06/19/2019 9:01:46 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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so 169 men passed.


17 posted on 06/19/2019 9:01:51 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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“Feminism and diversity don’t generally play well in Japan but the foreign media LOOOVE this type of story, they absolutely LAP IT UP.”

Yep! I like the term that Rush used in a similar situation regarding black quarterbacks, (Donovan McNabb) “The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. ..”

In this case the media and the leftists (I know, I repeat myself) are extremely “desirous”, even orgasmic, to prove that women are just as good as men, maybe even better!


18 posted on 06/19/2019 9:06:27 AM PDT by aquila48
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Tests are “rigged” for as long as males outperform females.

The Guardian is an agenda-driven rag.


19 posted on 06/19/2019 9:22:34 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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In the US they started rigging entrance exams for med school in 1970 when “not enough” women made the grade.


20 posted on 06/19/2019 9:32:14 AM PDT by TalBlack (Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitch!)
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