gender representation for all “technical entry-level programs” (Eicher). Several people want equal gender representation because it gives everyone an equal playing field. GE tried to make a “game changer” move by giving women the opportunity to make a difference in the company. Another quote was, “Retaining and promoting female workers in a so far male-dominated field is the next step in addressing this issue” (Eicher). I think GE is at a point where now that they have created these jobs for women to be able to prove a point about gender equality. This is a key essential part because now it forces them to judge the women based off of their work ethic and what their true ability is. This gives them the chance to prove to their supervisors that they deserve promotions for their hard work and what they are capable to do. One last quote from this article would be, “These economic benefits will result from a “more diverse workforce,” as “diverse teams are better at problem solving and think more creatively” (Eicher). I think this most nearly means that due to the openings in GE women can begin to make a huge difference creating a diverse workforce which gives the company different outlooks on new ideas and will most likely improve the growth and development of the company as a whole.
One last article that I read was, “Missing Men: Addressing the College Gender Gap” by Ashley Budd. This article essentially showed a first-hand conversation between a guy and a girl about men and women and gender equality. The general stereotype lately is that the male gender population has begun to shrink in the classroom after high school than the female gender population. In the article it is described that men have been pushed to go after a job directly after high school and it is beginning to show an imbalance due to the gender difference of ratio in a typical college classroom. We see this in a student’s perspective, “As I hit the road this past year I began to notice less and less male students attending my high school visits and also less stopping by at college fair booths” (Budd). I think that the person talking is trying to say that males are more prone to not continuing school compared to females. An important statistic that I saw in the article was, “By 2020 men will represent 41.1% of college enrollees” (Budd). This statistic is extremely important to society as a whole because 48.9% of college enrollees will be women. If there was gender equality in the nation this would in fact be a 50/50 split and women would not control more of the college enrollment rate.