Despite the surface appearance that the gender divide in the workforce has narrowed, it's actually amazing how deep it really is. Men still dominate the "makin

Despite the surface appearance that the gender divide in the workforce has narrowed, it's actually amazing how deep it really is. Men still dominate the "making things" segment of the workforce - manufacturing, engineering, construction, agriculture, transportation. Women are still concentrated in education, healthcare, human resources, administrative, and non-profits. Part of the reason for women doing so well in the work force is the continued growth of government and psuedo-government bureaucracy that generates more education/healthcare/administrative jobs. In the 19th century, the model for wealthy families was that the man would be the bread winner, and the woman would live off the man's support and would work in charity or the arts or reform movements. Now the pattern of work is the exact same at the 19th century. The difference is rather than marrying a man for the income, women vote to tax the income away, and then women get jobs in non-profits or government agencies. Then, to add insult to injury, you get articles like this claiming that men need to get with the program. Would society benefit if the machinist or truck driver who drops out of high school, instead continues his education and becomes a civil service paper pusher? I don't think so, in fact, it is the reverse. (Note, these two paragraphs are observing very general, aggregate trends, obviously there are a gazillion exceptions on the individual level)