Want Women’s Equality? Raise Better Men

We’re equal on paper, but not in statistics. The pay gap is real, and so are the double standards at work and inside our homes, the different expectations for parenting, and the social rules.

And, above all, we’re under so much pressure to prove that we deserve to be equal constantly.

We might have a seat at their table, but as long as men don’t have the same seat at our table, we’re one step behind. We’ve been making fantastic progress on female equality, and now we need to take action and invite men to join us at our table — one that doesn’t have million-dollar budgets and strategic takeovers but dirty dishes, tiny runny noses, and tons of guilt.

Another Century of ‘Equality’

We might have made progress in some cultures, but many women worldwide still don’t have equal legal work rights as men. Even in Western cultures, equal rights sometimes remain only on paper. In the EU, the gender employment gap was 11.7% in 2019, despite more women attaining tertiary education than men.

Simply put, we go to university to earn a diploma, but we’re less likely to procure the job we want after graduation. And, when someone finally hires us, we have to navigate with the gender pay gap, discrimination, and impossible expectations if we decide to have children.