Quote:
Originally posted by Taualumna
AKA_Monet,
I think it takes longer than 30 years to change things around, as we have to wait until the older crowd is phased out. I think this may actually take another 20 or so years, and it will be a slow change. I girl I went to high school with has an aunt who was born during WWII. When she went to law school in the early 60s, she was one of three women. A couple of years ago, this same law school graduated slightly more women than men. But that was only a couple of years ago. The University of Toronto is not alone in this, as many other law schools are looking at more female students than men. The same goes for medical school. I think it would take another decade, at least, until these female grads are better established, to really see any sort of change.
|
Given what PhiPsiRuss is saying about a democratically elective government that does not use a "proportional" system or a parlimentary system, and given that many professional highly educated women opt for "staying at home" to care for children placing them out of the workforce for at least 6 months to a year, it just seems that a generation will develop without a complete understanding of what it would be like with women in charge, fighting for their rights and advancing the "female agenda"--whatever that could be right now...
Given that in terms of the United States' female citizen population that comprises of approxiamately 40%-50% to be college education that number is still lower than those who were part of baby boomer generation... Most "educated" women have planned parenthood options--meaning they are not "crankin' out babies" without the means to support them like our "foremother's options" were in the before women's liberation and abortion rights and possibly the pill...
Either way, there are some women who do strive to be elected and do get elected in the US. But, how they advance to top political positions is being what is questioned here. And I am not a poli sci person by no stretch of the imagination. However, I am a woman and I do wonder how might my rights are affected and who best represents my rights?
Hybrid Mode
