For several centuries women have been looked down upon by men. They have been mistreated and practically enslaved by men from many different cultures for a number of years. As the United States began to form as a country nearly 250 years ago women had no rights. Men held every position in the work place and it was the woman’s job to be the homemaker taking care of the kids, having no voting rights, and not even having any ability to own property in this country. As times changed and the men in the armed forces went off to war women had to step up and become a vital part of the workforce sending much need supplies to troops engaged in war overseas. It was this turn of events that began the push for equality and women’s rights.
After being forced to be caretakers for a number of years it was only logical that women would evolve into a similar role in a working environment. As women became integrated into the workplace they took on many of the jobs where their current skill sets applied such as nursing. Today’s culture is still very similar to the one we saw in the mid 1950’s as women continue to dominate certain fields such as nursing while men continue to dominate areas like construction where a more physical demand is put on the body. But women are beginning to create a push to increase presence in a more dominate role in fields which they are already established. To prove this a recent statistic showed that approximately 24% of family physicians are women, which is up from 10% just a few years ago.
As a struggle for equality and equal pay continues more and more women are going to college to pursue education. This evolutionary process will continue to grow and begin to change the shape of the modern workplace. While occupations such as becoming a political leader are still completely dominated by men more and more women are begin to make strides in changing the landscape expressing themselves and demonstrating that women have what it takes to succeed regardless of the pressure and intimidation they are subjected to. Television shows are now beginning to depict women in vital roles as doctors, lawyers, and political leaders giving hope that someday women will be just as influential if not more influential than men. However this is a slow time consuming process that will still take years to fully develop and while women still are only making about 77% of what men of the same position are there is still hope out there.
Will women one day be more powerful than men in the United States?
How long will it be before we see an influential position such as President be held by a woman?
1. One cannot say if women will ever " overpower" men , especially in the workforce. Anything is possible with people opening their minds to new ideas everyday.
ReplyDelete2. Also, one cannot say when our president will be a women. The fact that the last election a women was a nominee for presidents shows a great progression in American history and for all we know it could happen next election.