Gender inequity

If culture according to Matthew Arnold means trying to perfect oneself and reflects the best of what has been thought and said, this is how far we’ve come in America.

"No matter what you call it, the problem of "gender inequality persists" according to an ad for ‘diversity recruitment.’ "Women who were trying to ‘break through the glass ceiling’ 20 years ago are now ‘getting lost in the leadership labyrinth.’ What’s a glass ceiling? "The phrase was coined late 70's to describe the fate of women who could rise just so far in an organization before they’d whack their heads against an invisible barrier that kept them out of the top jobs. What’s to be done? One answer is mentoring, according to a spokesperson for an organization promoting gender equity in the workplace. " Mentoring is crucial for women who need to see how others have navigated their way through the leadership labyrinth." What’s a labyrinth? It’s a confusing network of passages, as in a building, a park or a corporation. One non-profit organization that works to expand opportunities for women in business, says its goal is to encourage a "diversity and inclusion philosophy." It showcases businesses that "have excellent women’s initiatives, in hopes that they will become models of best practices that will lead to changes for women across all our businesses." It hopes that "the leadership labyrinth itself will disappear and be replaced by a smooth and equal route to the top." Let’s remember Theseus. Yes, it was a woman, Ariadne, who gave the Greek Theseus the thread by which he found his way out of the labyrinth after slaying the Minotaur. But as legend has it, Theseus ‘took up with Ariadne’ afterwards, but eventually abandoned her on the island of Naxos.

The births of societies have never been based on gender equality. Feminists and liberals like to build and then worship false ideals like gender equity. John Lennon wrote a song, "Imagine," with lyrics about a "world with no countries ... nothing to kill or die for/And no religion too." Imagine if women ruled the world?