The State of Women in Today's Society An Overview of Key Trends

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I. Women in Education
A. Dominance in teaching profession

76% of women teachers in 2015-2016 school year
Women earning higher levels of education
a. 57.3% of bachelor's degrees
b. 59.4% of master's degrees
c. 53.3% of doctorates in the 2016-2017 graduating class
II. Women in the Workforce
A. High representation in certain fields

63-73% of public relations field
94% of home furnishings purchase decisions
92% of vacation decisions
91% of home purchase decisions
60% of automobile purchase decisions
51% of consumer electronics purchase decisions
58% of government service jobs
56% of financial-related positions
III. Women in Leadership Positions
A. Increasing representation in senior positions

78% of new Chief Human Resource Officers (CHROs) in 2019
HR becoming a female-dominated profession in Fortune 200 firms
IV. Women in the Nonprofit Sector
A. High representation in the nonprofit workforce

73% of the American nonprofit workforce
45% of nonprofits have women among their executives
V. Reasons for Gender Distribution
A. Women may be more drawn to social services and social justice organizations or female-dominated fields

Reference List:

Kelly, Jack. "Women Now Hold More Jobs Than Men." Forbes, Forbes Magazine, 13 Jan. 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2020/01/13/women-now-hold-more-jobs-than-men/.

"The Female Economy." Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Publishing, Sept. 2009. https://hbr.org/2009/09/the-female-economy.

"The Explosion of Women Teachers." The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, Feb. 2019. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/02/the-explosion-of-women-teachers/582622/.

"The Nonprofit Gender Gap: How a Female-Dominated Industry Still Has a Huge Equality Problem." The Financial Diet, 16 June 2020. https://thefinancialdiet.com/the-nonprofit-gender-gap-how-a-female-dominated-industry-still-has-a-huge-equality-problem/.