Discrimination in the workplace between the sexes could become a thing of the past after it has was revealed that there are now more women working in high status jobs than men.
According to the BBC, a University of Cambridge study has revealed that there has been a "quiet revolution" in UK workplaces, as females have begun to pull ahead of their male counterparts in the fields of law and medicine.
However, it was also noted that men still receive a higher income than women on average.
Dr Robert Blackburn, author of the report, said: "Formerly women were more likely than men to be in manual occupations, but as manual work has declined, it is predominantly women who have moved into non-manual jobs."
And further changes may be afoot for women in the workplace, after the Trade Union Congress suggested that ladies should not be made to wear high heels in their jobs.
How does research showing that “women take the lead in high status jobs” indicate the end of “discrimination in the workplace between the sexes”? All it suggests is that there has been a reduction in discrimination against women but that younger men may now be facing the same type of discrimination that their mothers used to face.
Older men whose careers may have benefited from discrimination against women are unlikely to suffer, they had less competition as women were often excluded by the glass ceiling etc. and have climbed the career ladder. Younger men are the new victims, our education system favours girls, as shown by the results tables and employers, fearful of sex discrimination claims when recruiting or promoting staff, may well favour women.
Wake up Dr Blackburn, this is not the end of sex discrimination in the workplace, all that is happening is that the gender of the victims is starting to change. That is not to say that women no longer suffer discrimination but it is no longer a one sided story. A quick look at local government (over 2 million employees) where 80% of the staff are female shows that in some sectors men are now the victims – but of course no one bothers to research that in our women centred culture.