Women have evolved through time, mainly in societal manners. In the past women were never seen as the breadwinner. Women were the nurturers, the ones to stay home and take care of the children. Get the groceries, clean the house and make sure there is food on the table when the husband goes on. Of course some of the ideologies of how a woman should be stuck around through time. Women are still considered the nurturers but at the same time have the capability of bringing home the money. With Hillary Clinton running for office, there is nothing you can tell the modern woman these days.
Women have become a threat to men; they are competition for jobs and competition for successes. A woman in a power position seem to strike a nerve in the minds of men. Women shouldn’t make more money, than men. Women shouldn’t have a CEO title next to their name. And women shouldn’t beat men at anything, especially sports. It’s like a stab to their integrity. However with the years passing, women are making it a mission to become noticed by society. That they too are making power moves because women are still behind in owning leadership roles.
Despite the fact that women may not acquire as many leadership roles, they receive 60 percent of undergraduate degrees and 60 percent of master’s degrees. They own 47 percent of law degrees and 48 percent of medical degrees. The advancement of women has grown immensely through years but doesn’t change the fact that they are still treated differently in the work place. Women still earn 78 cents to a man’s $1. It is an even wider gap with women of color compared to white men.
In the 1980’s there were no women in any rankings of the Fortune 100, by 2001 11 percent of those corporate leaders were women. Even though the rankings have changed women still struggle with achieving leadership positions. The percentage of women on United States corporate boards has been stuck in the 12.1-12.3 percent range for the past decade. As for Hillary Clinton running for the presidential candidacy, this can motivate more women to start their own businesses, become lawyers, doctors, editors, and CEO’s.