Gender Disparity

Gender Disparity: What’s the Big Deal? In 1999, speculation over political futures of Clinton and Dole came into focus. Not Bill and Bob, but Hillary and Elizabeth. With Mrs. Clinton a leading candidate for the New York Senate seat (having since attained that position) and observations that Mrs. Dole was a promising choice for the Republican presidential candidacy, gender disparity would seem no longer a “Big Deal.” More recently, Nancy Pelosi won the race for …

…education. Even though I see very little gender disparity in my own situation, I understand both points of view and agree with both. Women have made great strides in recent years but, at the same time, struggle with “traditional” attitudes. For those who have chosen career paths that are not yet even with their male counterparts, I can only hope that the great strides will continue and in time there will be no “Big Deal.”