the author is mistaken: single womanhood is not necessarily where female empowerment, or america, is headed. quite the opposite actually. women in scandinavia

the author is mistaken: single womanhood is not necessarily where female empowerment, or america, is headed. quite the opposite actually. women in scandinavia have been actively decoupling child-bearing from marriage for decades now, and the results are somewhat counterintuitive: marriage rates have been increasing, and at an earlier age[1], because scandinavian women have less concern about balancing career with bearing offspring given all the social and governmental support they now receive. scandinavia has been a leading indicator of almost every social trend (and concomitant government policy) in north america: relaxation of gender roles, women in the workforce, women in politics, decline of marriage, increase in co-habitation, social services for women, etc. every other indicator is as expected: scandinavia's female workforce participation is higher, women in government is higher, etc. however there is one cautionary indicator that is lagging in scandinavia, and that has to do with women in leadership roles in business. one possible explanation is that scandinavian businesses, especially global ones, are privy to the international market. thus while scandinavia may comprise the most liberal countries in the world, their business leaders are competing against foreign businesses, some from developing countries, that are hungry and could give a f* about gender politics. [1]http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Marriages_and_births_in_Sweden http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...