Throughout history, we’ve seen that women’s participation in the workforce started to increase and had a predominant influence on society. Over the years, we’ve heard that women are supposed to be housewives and not in the workforce. This idea was introduced years ago and there are still communities that adapt to this. However, in modern times and our highest developed countries, women are empowered and have made a remarkable history in all fields. Nonetheless, there are still fields that in modern times hire and have more men than women. With that being said, here are five fields we need more women in:
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Engineering (STEM)
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Economics
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Law enforcement:
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Politics
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Technology (STEM)
Nowadays, there’s an evident gap between genders, especially in the workforce. These fields have the lowest percentage of women in comparison to the percentage of men that sums up the fields mentioned. The inequality between these is apparent and there’s a need for women to gain that equality in the workforce. Engineering has been a field where male figures are predominant and it has been shown that women can be excellent engineers due to abilities that men don’t possess. Not that this difference is due to gender but identity. The more diverse and inclusive can form a stronger and better focus on future engineering projects. This goes hand in hand with technology and overall the STEM field. The STEM gap is something we’ve been battling for years and in modern times is an entity that is being acknowledged step by step. There are organizations, scholarships, and help to attract women into the STEM field and help them overcome these obstacles. I went to a high school where the main focus was Math, Science, and Engineering. Even though I wasn’t drawn to a career in these fields I still appreciated the knowledge and recognition it conveyed. Many of my female classmates are already making a distinction in the world and carrying a determination to be a part of that percentage and grow the STEM female community.
Furthermore, in regards to Politics and Law enforcement, we’ve perceived how the man is primary. It is even shown in the media that the role of a lawyer, governor, police officer, and other bodies is essentially embodied by a man. There’s a small percentage of women in these fields but it is slowly growing and making a difference in shaping the future to better the relations between the genders and these fields. Additionally, Alexandria Ocasio, also known as AOC, a young Latina woman that has already made an impact on politics, and society has grown into empowering women all over the world. It has encouraged me personally to encourage other women to seek a career in law and politics. As well as having the first woman vice president in the United States, Kamala Harris, that’s also representing the African American and Asian American communities. In the legal profession, studies have shown that in 2020 only 37.4% of lawyers in the United States were women. This is extremely low considering the number of lawyers there are in the United States. Moreover, out of all the social sciences, economics is extremely low in its ratio and has underrepresented women. Initiatives are being formed to spread the voice and gain equality for women economists who are scarce. There’s a thriving effort to make women follow economics and make a difference.
Ultimately, it is vital in our society to have more inclusivity and gain equality. Organizations that are encouraging and striving to high rocket the percentage of women in all fields are slowly spreading awareness of this issue. It is a must for our younger generations to have an easier and fruitful path into these career fields. It hasn’t only been a struggle of inclusivity but the mere fact that we women don’t have it easy and need to work ten times harder. Additionally, the biases and harassment to women within the journey that some stay oblivious within the industry. It must come to our attention and encourage other women to go into any field and prove them wrong.