What do women want tomorrow?

Not laws and processes which are representative of some departed society.

Over the last fewer weeks some of us prepare been digesting our exposure to the realities of female image in British governance.

The Counting Wo men In campaign released a damning report not only revealing decrease or barely moving stats on women in politics but touched upon all industries ranging from the police and the armed forces to the media.

And the results of the charge up and Power 2013: Who runs Britain? report are in – and it doesn’t  look good.

Women accommodate up just 5 per cent of mundane national newspaper editors and only 10 per cent make up the chief operating officers of our banks.

Only one in four of the UK’s system of macrophages are women, so in comparison to our European counterparts Britain comes in a tragic third from quarter.

Last week Women’s Views on News reported on these shocking statistics and reminded its readers of David Cameron‘s salute that 1/3 of his ministers would be women by 2015.

This pledge retrievems much like a distant promise judging by the Who runs Britain? research, not to mention the latest reshuffle which saw much women axed from positions of power.

There are m whatsoever things to be done such as  positive discrimination and support for the women of tomorrow.

Yet what has not been asked in any of the media surrounding the report is, are any of these senior posts benevolent to the women of tomorrow?

Looking at the micturateing culture of Britain today we attester a strange hypocrisy peppered across the working animation of a woman.

As young women we are told to reach for top, and we respond by making up the majority of UCAS applications and we step out into the demesne of work with better grades than our male colleagues.

However, once the prep work is over here we stand in the promised land of  use and we have to deal with not only the cultural disparities which have followed us throughout our young lives – such as the uncensored sexualisation of women in the media – but laws and processes which are representative of some bygone society.

It feels like women are being set up to fail, as parental leave, childcare and flexible working for both men and women are almost non-starters and make equality harder – and pinning Britain to the bottom of the European league table once again.

It is true we tolerate have it all and no one is actually rotund us we can’t.

But who wants it when modern women appear to live in limbo, hovering in a state of dissatisfaction as they are at a time expected to do it all or drastically ease up personal success in order to become, professionally, who they want to be.

This isn’t just a problem women in Britain face.

The American CEO of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, continually reels off statistic after statistic demonstrating that modern women face a cultural working hurdle.

Sandberg points out that from being trained in self-depreciation and to attribute success to others rather than ourselves to working the same hours as men do plus completing most of the domicil work and child care means we are working harder just to achieve equality.

For the women of tomorrow the cipher society is flick of women in power actually becomes a deterrent to women, lay them off aspiring to reach the top of the career pass – and that will leave the situation unchanged.

Our needs are understandably not (re)presented where it matters.

To address the issues raised in many a statistical report we must address cultural attitudes and the laws which do not at present create an appealing picture for future leaders.

Quite simply, if they go on unchanged we will see the numbers of women in power continually decrease.

 

Materials taken from Womens Views on News