Linguistically Speaking

"The dean of a major medical school, perplexed as to why his institution was unsuccessful in its attempts to recruit female students, asked [someone] to investigate the problem. What emerged was striking. One of the interviewes had been rating applicants with respect to their 'emotional maturity,' 'seriousness of interest in medicine,' and 'neuroticism'. As it turned out, the vast majority of females did not receive positive evaluations on any of his criteria. Specifically, whenever the woman was not married, he judged her to be 'immature.' When she was married, he concluded that she was 'not sufficiently interested in medicine.' And when she was divorced? 'Neurotic,' of course. No win. No escape. No admittance." (67)

Shiraev, Eric and David Levy. 2004. Cross-Cultural Psychology. Boston: Pearson.