TED TALK - Video posted in December 2010
Presenter, Hanna Rosin - journalist
Born in Israel and raised in Queens, the co-founder of women’s site DoubleX (an offshoot of Slate) and contributing editor at the Atlantic Monthly is probably best known by her article titled (not by her) “The End of Men”—which asserts that the era of male dominance has come to an end as women gain power in the postindustrial economy. Rosin has covered religion and politics for the Washington Post and contributes to such publications as the New Yorker and the New Republic. |
“Rosin makes her most powerful argument when she looks, not at the current workforce, but at what is happening on America’s college and university campuses. There, she explains, “we can see with absolute clarity that in the coming decades the middle class will be dominated by women. ” — AlbertMohler.com
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What does this mean?
By 2009, there were as many women as men in the workforce, and today the average wife contributes some 42.2% of her family’s income — up sharply from the 2% to 6% that women contributed in the 70s. According to Rosin, the future looks brighter for women. For every two men who will get a bachelor’s degree this year, there will be three women graduates. And even if they remain underrepresented at the top of just about everything, they have “started to dominate” in lower-profile professions like accounting, financial management, medical field, etc... Women around the world are increasingly dominant in work, and education. The fact that in most countries women remain underrepresented in leadership and still don’t get equal pay for equal work seems like a paradox to their progress.
By 2009, there were as many women as men in the workforce, and today the average wife contributes some 42.2% of her family’s income — up sharply from the 2% to 6% that women contributed in the 70s. According to Rosin, the future looks brighter for women. For every two men who will get a bachelor’s degree this year, there will be three women graduates. And even if they remain underrepresented at the top of just about everything, they have “started to dominate” in lower-profile professions like accounting, financial management, medical field, etc... Women around the world are increasingly dominant in work, and education. The fact that in most countries women remain underrepresented in leadership and still don’t get equal pay for equal work seems like a paradox to their progress.