This male guidance counselor is being sexist, he is telling the female that she would not be able to do well working as a doctor. He is implying that men are more hard working then women are and that they would have a better chance in succeeding in the field of medicine.
This would impact many women, because as a professional man, you would think that he would know about working hard, and his comments might bring down another woman's self esteem, making her think that she would not make it into the career she is working hard for. When he made the remark about medicine being a tough field for women, many women would feel deeply offended especially since they've already been working hard to reach their goal.
An individual can complain to the school board and tell them the problem, and the school could speak to the guidance counselor, about the problem with being sexist to women.
Yes, this incident could be prevented. If the ones being targeted to not feel offended, and just go with what they believe is right, and are not put down because of what anyone says about their gender. You could also speak to some other person, who is not sexist. In this case, the young woman could have made another appointment with another guidance counselor who could have helped them for the future, instead of judging their abilities.
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