On the surface, women appear to be making rapid gains as physicians. Today, they are entering medical school in greater numbers than ever before.
Students are the only level at which women are making gains.
At every other level of medical power and authority, women are not present in large numbers and are not making the same gains. For women of color, discrimination is even worse. Even the medical school increases are mostly white women. At this rate, women will not reach parity on medical school faculties until the year 2077. When looking at rank, one finds that women are clustered primarily in the lower faculty ranks.