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Most people get less strongly gendered in their psychology as they get older anyway IMO. The same guy who couldn't wait to prove his manliness at age 20 will have often gained some wisdom and will step aside to let the young bulls get beat down by the time he's 40. Prestige is likewise subjective, and I strongly recommend spending leisure time after graduation with non-physicians whenever possible.
The issue about colleagues and wanting to use your hands are more relevant, because they both really have a big effect on what you do all day, and how you'll change over the course of your professional life. Don't forget, there are academic physicians in every specialty and guys chasing dollars in every specialty. But the smartest surgeon still spends a lot of time scrubbed in and operating, and the manliest, rugged-est lumberjack of a psychiatrist still spends most of his time sitting in a chair talking to people about their problems.
The issue about colleagues and wanting to use your hands are more relevant, because they both really have a big effect on what you do all day, and how you'll change over the course of your professional life. Don't forget, there are academic physicians in every specialty and guys chasing dollars in every specialty. But the smartest surgeon still spends a lot of time scrubbed in and operating, and the manliest, rugged-est lumberjack of a psychiatrist still spends most of his time sitting in a chair talking to people about their problems.