The Favored Sex: What's so Great About Men Anyways?

                Even in today’s modern and developed world, research data such as surveys continue to reveal that parents still prefer to give birth to a male versus a female. These hopes stem from the belief that the male will grow to be an economic provider for a family and their parent’s old age.  It is time to rethink this, as women are becoming a better investment.

            In the 21^st century, women typically accumulate better grades in school than boys which in turn allow them to be more equipped for new jobs that are developing. In countries such as Britain, a significant amount of women as opposed to men are now training to be doctors. Surveys are showing that women consistently achieve higher financial returns than men do.

            The increase in the employment and success of women within these past couple decades has been the driving force of economic growth in the United States as well as several other countries. According to an article in the Economist in April 2006, it is impressive that even with their duties at home, “women have still managed to contribute more to global GDP growth than have either new technology or the new giants, China and India.” Although there is still obvious continuous success of men in the community, they typically do not take on duties at home like women do, such as taking care of household duties, children and their husbands. Later on in this article, the Economist explains that yes, even with the economic boost due to women’s accomplishments, they still do receive an unfair paycheck as compared to  men in the same field, doing the same job.

                                                           

What this article surprised me about is that they claim that women continuously complain about gender exploitation in the workforce. However at the same time women are not exploited enough. What does this mean? It means that the women is the worlds most underutilized player in the game of business, where, as quoted directly from the Economist, “getting more of them into work is part of the solution to many economic woes, including shrinking populations and poverty.” This basically leads to the fear that by utilizing working women, it may lead to negative social outcomes or a lower birth rate because women will be out in the field rather than at home.