Women Rule!
David Knowles
Contributor
Posted:
04/23/08
The single most-jarring exit polling statistic from the Pennsylvania primary was that women accounted for 59% of those who voted, while male voters only added up to 41% of the Democratic electorate. As Hillary Clinton's overall margin-of-victory was 9 points, she can, without a doubt, thank the women of Pennsylvania for their decisive support.
In part, Clinton's successful candidacy points to a larger trend in our society. Namely, we are undergoing a power shift in America: away from men, and steadily toward women.
Female participation is not only disproportionate in the voting booth. Take a look at any college campus across the nation. Men are in conspicuously short supply. As any author or publisher will tell you, it is women who buy books, and women who actually read them.
While an income disparity does still exist, more and more glass ceilings are being broken. Given that our institutions of higher learning are graduating far more women than men, it won't be long before the salary inequity, too, will a thing of the past.
