Tuesday, June 8, 2010

"the end of men", guffaw

Sigh:
Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? A report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way— and its vast cultural consequences
There is so much wrong with this article that I can't even begin to take it apart. Every point it makes is misguided or inappropriate, or doesn't lead to the point the article pretends it supports in some other way.

I want to rip it apart bit by bit, but I don't want to grace it with the time and attention that would require. Essentially: there's still a serious wage gap. And just because women make up half the work force, they are employed as peons much more often than men. See my lovely sample org chart with women in green and men in yellow that parallels just about every organization I'm aware of (minus maybe some woman-focused non-profits)....

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