Are We Stepping into ‘The Age of Women’? 
Written by: Katherine Neunaber, YWCA Senior Public Relations Intern
After a long history of inequality, women may surpass men afterall
While women have struggled for centuries to have equality with men, some wonder if women will surpass men in modern postindustrial society. The question, “What if equality isn’t the end point?” was posed by Hanna Rosin in a provactive article in The Atlantic Monthly. According to Rosin, for the first time in U.S. history, women became the majority of the workforce earlier this year.
While women have struggled for centuries to have equality with men, some wonder if women will surpass men in modern postindustrial society. The question, “What if equality isn’t the end point?” was posed by Hanna Rosin in a provactive article in The Atlantic Monthly. According to Rosin, for the first time in U.S. history, women became the majority of the workforce earlier this year.
Legendary biologist Ronald Ericsson, who’s claim to fame is the creation of the first scientifically prove method for choosing the sex of a child, said people are now requesting children of the female sex, a dramatic shift in age-old human history. Ericsson said, “Women live longer than men. They do better in this economy. More of ‘em graduate from college. They go into space and do everything men do, and sometimes they do it a whole lot better. I mean, hell, get out of the way- these females are going to leave us males in the dust.”
The shift in gender preferences is not just in the U.S. Rigid patriarchal societies, such as South Korea, have seen a rapid and immense advancement in women in the workforce. Where women were once ostracized for not bearing sons, daughters seem to now hold the cards to success.
The shift in gender preferences is not just in the U.S. Rigid patriarchal societies, such as South Korea, have seen a rapid and immense advancement in women in the workforce. Where women were once ostracized for not bearing sons, daughters seem to now hold the cards to success.
Rosin brings up a trying question: what if the modern, postindustrial economy is simply more congenial to women than to men? Moreover, what if the economics of the new era are better suited to women? Currently, women dominate the majority of job categories projected to have the most growth in the next decade.
You can access Rosin’s full-length July 2010 article in the archives on The Atlantic’s website. She delves into stereotypes and trends, all while posing some good food for thought.
Written by: Katherine Neunaber, YWCA Senior Public Relations Intern
