Women Are Taking U.S. Jobs By Storm

As I looked through the blog posts under David Warlick's blog, 2 cents Worth, I came across a post that really got my attention. The blog titled, "This Would Be Really Weird" shows statistics that women represent 49.83% of the workforce in the U.S., and it has been said that by October, women could represent 50% of the workforce! Through the last year, men have lost 4.75 million jobs whereas the women have lost 1.66 million jobs. Most adult citizens of the nation have been fighting for a job and it looks like the women are getting jobs just as much as the men have. In his post, David Warlick tells us his opinion about why women are representing almost half of the workforce, because they try hard. I must say, I couldn't agree more. Going through school, most girls try to excel, get good grades, do all their work, and try to get into colleges. Boys do the same thing but some don't have the same drive and enthusiasm. Warlick even said himself that some boys don't even try to get into college or when they do, they have a lot of trouble or end up not finishing. Now these are just stereotypes and not all males and females act like this.

It does make me happy to see that men and women will soon be equal in the workforce. For decades women have been told that they should stay at home and do the "womenly" duties for their families, well not anymore. I think all of the U.S. is realizing that women can do anything that men can do and can be just as good if not better at it. As I thought about this, I came up with several questions too. Since women are becoming equal to men in the workforce, will other countries look at this and support their women to do the same? Will women soon take over the workforce, creating less jobs for men? Will men try harder when it comes to their education? If they don't, will colleges have more women then men? Will this change or education at all? Will it inspire other women to receive the education they deserve? The answers to these questions may not come for awhile or not at all, but this blog post has opened my mind to all the possibilities that women have and how it could change my own future.