March 7, 2017
BY ELIZABETH SEGRAN03.14.16 | 6:06 AM The fight for gender equality in the workplace is far from over. Women still haven’t broken the glass ceiling: This year, only 24 companies out of the Fortune 500 are led by female CEOs and only 19% of board seats in the S&P 500 were held by women. But while there is still a lot of work left to be done, it’s also important to recognize that women have made big strides over the last few decades. The women’s movement appears to be bearing fruit, particularly among millennials. “On an overall basis, (women) still […]
March 7, 2017
With the role of men in society evolving, and a power shift toward women at work and home, the “traditional” male is dying out, according to author Jack Myers. Myers argues men will “be increasingly defined, dominated, and controlled by women” in his new book, “The Future of Men: Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century.” “These young men are not their fathers, they’re not their grandfathers. Young men who are growing up more and more in fatherless homes, growing up in homes where the woman is out-earning her husband, where they’re both working — they’re not just defying traditional gender norms,” […]