Wednesday, May 25, 2005
The Female Migration
The Female Migration
A big problem today is the migration of women from some of their traditional roles to those of higher pay and status. This is a side effect of the totally appropriate removing of occupational barriers to women of the past. But like most things there are side effects.Four groups are considered here.
First is teachers, a traditional job for educated women. With Summer off and early work days it was compatible with mothering. But the poor pay and status in this going-to-hell country has pushed good people away from this very important and honorable profession. Few jobs are more important.
Second is nursing. We are in a great shortage now. Bright ambitious nurses move into bloated health care management, escalating health costs with no improvement in care. Some skip nursing for medicine. More power to them, but it strips plenty of talent form nursing.
Third is secretary. I mean Administrative Assistants. There is nothing degrading about the first term anyways. So now these women are in other fields and a lesser group has replaced them. The simple use of a phone to do professional or personal business reveals incompetence 50% of the time.
Finally is mothering. What could be more important? Here is a failing part of our society. Kids are more important than careers. Argue? If you disagree, tie your tubes and be on with your job.
And where are all these women now? Many are in gainful work. But many are in useless jobs that only glut the society with bullshit. The extra money in circulation drives up costs, especially for real estate. The consumption is destroying the planet. The commuter traffic has never been worse. All day sales reps and other service industry types clog roads. Getting anything done requires layers of crap.
The most useless: Sales, marketing, real estate, finance and law.
A big problem today is the migration of women from some of their traditional roles to those of higher pay and status. This is a side effect of the totally appropriate removing of occupational barriers to women of the past. But like most things there are side effects.Four groups are considered here.
First is teachers, a traditional job for educated women. With Summer off and early work days it was compatible with mothering. But the poor pay and status in this going-to-hell country has pushed good people away from this very important and honorable profession. Few jobs are more important.
Second is nursing. We are in a great shortage now. Bright ambitious nurses move into bloated health care management, escalating health costs with no improvement in care. Some skip nursing for medicine. More power to them, but it strips plenty of talent form nursing.
Third is secretary. I mean Administrative Assistants. There is nothing degrading about the first term anyways. So now these women are in other fields and a lesser group has replaced them. The simple use of a phone to do professional or personal business reveals incompetence 50% of the time.
Finally is mothering. What could be more important? Here is a failing part of our society. Kids are more important than careers. Argue? If you disagree, tie your tubes and be on with your job.
And where are all these women now? Many are in gainful work. But many are in useless jobs that only glut the society with bullshit. The extra money in circulation drives up costs, especially for real estate. The consumption is destroying the planet. The commuter traffic has never been worse. All day sales reps and other service industry types clog roads. Getting anything done requires layers of crap.
The most useless: Sales, marketing, real estate, finance and law.
