Women will soon rule the world!

Women will rule the world, this is no longer a utopian notion but a real fact.
What an exciting time to be a woman!  For some reason the impact of this just hit me recently.

I grew up in the 50's and 60's when 'being a lady' was highly valued and encouraged.  Women who were loud, boisterous, pushy, or too intelligent were looked down upon.
The stereotypes told us we can't be both smart and attractive or you have to act like a man to get ahead.
I now realize that  despite being a self employed physician for 30 years,  I too have had these subliminal messages embedded in my brain.   I have wondered if perhaps a woman at the top of a major industry could cut it the same way a man would, I have basically doubted a woman's ability to compete.
But all of a sudden that myth has exploded and the glass ceiling along with it!

We need to give this message to our daughters (and sons).

What was the change? I'm not sure, but I do know that after watching Oprah on the Golden Globe awards, it finally dawned on me that there is nothing holding women back except these old fashioned notions.
So if we look at it, a woman like Angela Merkel is the leader of Europe's most popular and economically powerful country. She has been running Germany since 2005 and solidified the reunification of the two Germanys. No easy feat. She has been the most pivotal figure in the European Union, the most powerful and the most respected leader in Europe. Another powerful woman that comes to mind is the director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine LaGarde.

There are now more females  than males in medical schools  and no one  questions their abilities, at least not sensible people. And so the realization has come to me that not only are women as good as men, they are actually better. Hence, women will end up ruling the world.

Why are women better? Well, there are so many reasons but here are just a few:
First of all, no woman in power has ever been toppled because of sexual harassment i.e an inability to maintain her sexual decorum.
Women can do everything a man does and then so much more, just by virtue of their physiology.
There is nothing a man can do that a woman can't do unless you talk about brute force. Yet there is a lot that a woman can do that a man cannot.
Women often preserve their principles while maintaining the instinct to nurture that is inherent in our make up (thank you oxytocin! :)
Women are just as smart and focused, and that's why women will rule the world. Look at what has been achieved in spite of traditions and glass ceilings and now the genie is out of the bag. There is nothing to hold us back.

Oprah said her speech was to inspire 'little girls', ..... too late she snared a big one too! And no, she doesn't need to run for president to make an impact. Her gifts and talents have made so much more impact on her fellow man than just being a 'celebrity' ever could have.

When I look at cultures that are still suppressing women and maintaining them in a subordinate position, I understand why it was necessary for men to do that because they could not afford to let women realize their power. They work to make women think they are inferior.
So for men it is more about self preservation, but little by little with globalization this too will expand and the realization that it is totally a new day for women will be universal.