On a slightly serious note...
...I was wondering the other day if we're going to witness a re-shaping of society in the next few decades, with women being of a higher class than men. Consider:

- women now account for 60% of university students, and rising
- women get more 2:1s and 1sts than men
- more women get degrees in liberal arts subjects like English and History which tend to lead to middling professional work
- women dominate 'soft' trades like HR, publishing, psychology etc
- trends in education make this likely to continue

Granted, there are exceptions (like engineering, politics and finance) but I reckon it's possible that as the gap widens then men will become a lower class, doing physical/manual work while the majority of women will work in business and the professions.

Unless something changes, of course.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 17:18, 8 replies)

Unlikely,
Like you say, engineering, Politics and finance and still largely dominated by men. Building stuff, running stuff, and buying stuff. The world could survive without HR, Publishing and Psychology etc. but not without the others.

To be on the safe side only the only people who should be allowed to hold public office are the ones who can explain the off side rule whilst retrieving a key from a inside a jar placed in a bath full of spiders.

And then reverse park a car.
( evilamnesiac says fuck you Prince, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 17:53, closed)

The world could indeed survive without HR, and should
but HR people are difficult to sack because they know all the employment laws. It could survive without psychology, but it won't because there are lots of psychologists selling services and telling people they need them.

But my main point was the trends - there are efforts to increase female representation in the engineering, politics and finance and the like. Meanwhile, the physical jobs - like building - will remain a male dominated area and hence two tiers created - physical and non-physical work, which could largely be identified on gender lines.

Maybe.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 18:01, closed)

I'm safe.
There are no women coders.
( Slippery Mick ‏, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 21:54, closed)

Ada Lovelace wants a word with you

( Bob Todd whee, Tue 5 Jan 2010, 23:55, closed)

Also, as of this year
there are more women training to be doctors than men.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 5 Jan 2010, 19:54, closed)

Very true
The NHS is concerned, because female doctors in hospitals tend to leave in their late thirties after having families. (Most of them become GPs for a more balanced workload and local sensibility.)

So if this trend continues, there'll be a big shortage of experienced doctors in hospitals when the current generation starts pissing off. The NHS is already trying to find ways to plug the gap.
(Land of Green Ginger It's dreamy weather, Wed 6 Jan 2010, 10:59, closed)

Women already run the show
Even if it appears there is a man in charge......you may find that he is either , bound by laws that favour women or he is scared of being seen as sexist, and so, overcompensates.
(M61A1 CUPID- STUNTS, Wed 6 Jan 2010, 8:16, closed)

the two ronnies were right.
This is the dark future we have in store...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK6gQezm8vk
(Shadayim ..............., Wed 6 Jan 2010, 17:25, closed)