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When my youngest son was in kindergarten, I was a middle school principal. My son's school principal was female. Many of my closest friends were also...you guessed it...female principals. This caused my five-year-old to innocently ask, "Can men also be principals?" "Only when they are very, very good", I said with a wink.

One of my book clubs is currently reading Rocket Girl. This is the creative non-fiction biography of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's first female rocket scientist, and 'unsung heroine of the space age.' Source.

When introducing this novel at our book club, we also touched on the similarly-themed movie, Hidden Figures. In both works, barriers to women (of all races) in male-dominated fields, as well as in life in general, were key theme. This evoked a spirited discussion as to how far we had come in regards to 'equality among the sexes' in 2017. Our group was divided on their responses to this question. …show more content…
The Global Gender Gap Report 2016, produced by The World Economic Forum, examines 'equality' between men and women in four different areas (education, health, finances, politics) in 144 countries. The report also highlights countries, that within their region and economic group, provide opportunities and distribute resources more equitably among the sexes.

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