Women are a better fit to the economy - consequences?
Posted here Monday, October 20, 2003 at 10:29:47 AM 
The complexities..
Women have overtaken men at every level of education in developed countries
around the world.
And girls are now more confident of getting better-paid, professional jobs
than their flagging male counterparts.
International education figures, published by the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development, show a consistent picture, across cultures and
continents, of women achieving better results than men.
The OECD survey is a detailed comparison of education achievement and
spending in 43 developed countries.
The success of girls is a complete reversal of what would have been expected
a generation ago, said Andreas Schleicher, head of analysis at the OECD's
education directorate.
And he says that the 1990s have seen a remarkable change in women's
expectations and achievements.
The survey found that in almost every developed country, 15-year-old girls
are more confident than boys about getting high-income jobs.
For example, in the United Kingdom, 63% of girls expect to have "white
collar, high-skilled" jobs by the time they are 30, compared to only 51% of
boys.
Comment: one issue, the downgrading of non whitecollar jobs. that is, real production. Women, taken away from children, are good employee careerists. men, taken away from soil and tools, make good bureaucrats. And we see that on balance women are better group leaders and organizational players than men. Consequences? Is it good for women? good for men? Good for children? Good for future humanity?
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