Women Have Already Reached the Top
Reading Time: 7 minutes Although history books rarely record womenâs achievements in anything near equal measure to menâs achievements, women HAVE achieved âit allâ. We are doctors and lawyers and Supreme Court judges. We are world leaders. – Even though the United States failed to elect Hillary Clinton as our first woman President, there are plenty of countries that have NOT failed to put a woman in the top leadership position. We are scientists, fighter pilots, authors, psychologists, law enforcement officers, astronauts, teachers, professors, builders, race car drivers, actors, athletes, Olympians, musicians, entertainers, technicians, ministers, entrepreneurs – there isnât a single field where women have not aspired to, and reached, âthe topâ.
However, what keeps nagging at me isnât that we need more women âat the topâ (although believe me, it has nagged me plenty) but that we need men to be more comfortable reaching down to what is perceived to be the bottom – the unpaid labor and necessary work that keeps the world turning day after day – the multitude of chores historically given to servants. These tasks are generally carried out by women, both physically and emotionally. The laundry load and the emotional load have predominantly been womenâs burden to bear.
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