and androgynous. Some evidence for this re-labeling comes from statistics on the percentage of women currently working in different occupations. In those areas more oriented to the information and service sectors, women have attained equality and in some cases have dominated certain occupations. One of the keys to success in the information age is educational attainment. In terms of graduating from high school, women have been keeping up with the increased graduation rate for men for the past three decades. Education is the ultimate key to enhanced positions in the work place, and must be encouraged for women, particularly in newly developing sectors like technology. Some countries are making enormous strides in this respect, and soon well are seeing the results in the marketplace. In Mexico, for instance, as of 1995, nearly half of the students in law schools, medical schools, and accounting schools are women. (Solis, p. B12). It is clear that with real incomes falling, women's involvement in the workplace is necessary for most families. If work is to meet women's needs, they need to be involved in economic and social development. They need to run their own businesses. They need to be involved in the training and development of the future workforce. They need to be involved in the highest levels of government and politics. They need to own media. They need to be presidents of universities, superintendents of schools. They need to be so thoroughly enmeshed in the fabric of decision-making and policy that their voices are heard at every turn.In the last 25 years, we’ve convinced ourselves, and a majority of the country that women can do what men can do. Now we have to convince the majority of the country--and ourselves--that men can do what women can do. As we move from the agricultural/industrial age to the information age, increased emphasis is being placed on relationships, on empathy and car...
