From where I sit, the future (in this regard) looks positive.If we accept what the author posits, that there can be a 'proper question to ask', I see no good reason why the author's question is the correct one at this stage in the game for our society. All other things being equal, if I'm a job seeker in the USA today, please let me be a man, and (incidentally) please let me be white.
The last 3 hires on my team at work were all women. All 3 of which are capable and smart. I would wager that there were a number of capable and smart men that applied as well. We also have a number of women in senior management positions and our CEO is African American. Times are changing. I work right in the thick of all this and I see, time and again that the people advancing are the ones that are two things: 1. the most capable and 2. the most connected. This has nothing to do with race/sex.
On the first point, yeah, I don't think that men or women can have it all. You only have so much time, but it really depends on how you define 'having it all'. Women can be CEOs and have families. They can certainly have it all in that sense. But in doing so, they are going to have to make the same time-family sacrifices that men do.
- Women can be CEOs and have families. They can certainly have it all in that sense. But in doing so, they are going to have to make the same time-family sacrifices that men do.
I agree that being a white male is the best starting point, for sure. I wouldn't know... I'm brownish. You're right though, capability is something that is earned and many people don't get the chance or the tools to do so.