Set Your Worth

Women and men have long suffered inequality in the world.  I'd like to say that I think this cultural norm was unique to our culture and that I believed this disparity of equality would change...but it's not, and I don't think it will change anytime soon. 

This plays out in wages, treatment in the workplace, and hiring, to name a few areas.  For example, a physician who runs several prestigious hospitals was asked if she found it difficult to be a single mom and do her job.  I've never heard a man in the same position be asked anything about his work/family balance in the workplace.  The question came from a female colleague, which goes to show it doesn't matter your gender, some cultural stereotypes are so ingrained we won't be able to recognize them because as a culture, we are unaware that they still exist.

The bigger question is to we have the energy to change?  Do you as an individual perpetuate gender inequality?  What can you do to even the playing field?

Copyright 2014 Heather Corwin