evolution in gender

             The year is 1930. There is a family of four living in the United States. The family consists of a father, a mother, a son, and a daughter. But, what are they doing on a typical Friday afternoon? Easy. The father is working, while the mother is home. The son went to school. The daughter, she is home too. Why is this? That is not how things are supposed to be; at least not in these days. That is what people believed then, but now in the 21st century people's beliefs are very different. Today's society believes in something known as gender equality. Gender equality is basically thinking of people as equivalent, no matter whether they are male or female. Although this strive for equality has been tough, more so for the females then males, they have taken an enormous jump in many areas.
             The strive towards gender equality in the workplace has been one of the most difficult to achieve; but it has come a long way. Just within the last thirty years there has been a significant change. In 1970 the ratio of women to men in an administrative position was 21/100. But now in present day it has increased over 200% and has reached 64/100. How did this happen one might ask. First off there are many more women enrolling in college. Back in around 1969 only 17.3% of women would enroll in a college or university, and not even half of them would complete four years or more. Yet, now over 50% of women will attend a college or university, and just above 40% will complete at least four years if not more. Completing these four years or more, along with the known fact that to be successful in the world today people need a college education, is 3what motivates women to get started on there life. To establish a career before they think about other things like marriage.
             Marriage. Who has time for marriage? At least probably not the women that we have running for a political office these days. More and more women each year get in
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