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Society still overlooks the career woman in favour of the attractive one

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There are professions whose process of qualification is truly more vigorous than others and takes longer.

To be a doctor or engineer costs six intense years or even more if the student happens to encounter any delays on the way. Throw in another year of rigorous internship when people who opted for sociology, anthropology, and teaching are already earning an income and you will start to understand just how much one has to sacrifice to earn those prestigious prefixes before their names.

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