I'm unsure how useful complaining abt cultural pressure - lots of people thinking a certain way - is tho. Telling them they shouldn't. 1/2https://twitter.com/Amrael_pr/status/881803065682165760 …
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I tend to think that refusing to bow to it & encouraging others not to if they don't want to is a better way to change expectations. 2/2
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I think we've made significant progress & will make more in supporting people's rights not to live according to gender roles. This is good.
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Yes, of course. My point was that you seemed to say that being pressured into taking high tech jobs coz status doesn't reflect real choice
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But somehow if government makes very easy to pick high status occupation (being considered a good mother), somehow that reflects true choice
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That's why picked the US example. In an 'all for yourself' environment with few safety nets, women seem to go more for top management jobs.
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Absolutely. They dominate education, publishing, healthcare, psychology etc at the highest management levels.
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