The changing role of women in society today

https://www.ted.com/talks/hanna_rosin_new_data_on_the_rise_of_women

In the video link above, Hanna Rosin presented to us the changing role of women in society today. Her message was peppered with different facts and figures about their changing role. For every 2 men in college in the United States, there are 3 women. The reality is that today, most of workforce is now made up of women. Economic changes are impacting on culture. The Marlboro man culture that was prevalent for previous generations has dissipated. Previous change movements for women came in the past as part of a social movement that was driven by passionate women. This was most evident in the 1920’s and the 1960’s with the depression and civil rights movement being paramount at those times. Today is different as the social move for equality has been replaced by an economic need for equality.

This sense of a cultural shift is compounded when it is considered that male dominated countries such as China and Korea are no longer focusing on boys as being first born.
The global recession impacted men much greater than women. It reflected a shift in the global economy. The reality is that women now take up most managerial jobs. According to US census research, in 1997 out of 2000 communities nationwide, young women were making more money than young men.

There used to be a manufacturing economy, but now there is a service economy and an information and creative economy, which require a completely different set of skills. Women have proved more successful in acquiring these skills. A leader is someone who can foster creativity, get teams to talk to one another, can build teams and get them to be creative. Women do all of these very well. Combine this with the fact that women are getting college degrees at a faster rate than men.


Rosin dipped her toe in political world by criticizing analogy of glass ceiling, no doubt making a connection to Hillary Clinton’s Campaign withdrawal speech in 2008.She suggested the idea of walking over a high bridge is a more preferable analogy as anyone can be helped to take that one step. People need to have the confidence to know that they deserve to be on that bridge and they also need to have the confidence to make the decision to take first step and do it!

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