The future of women at work: Part 2

McKinsey Global Institute found that potential job losses and gains for men and women could be different. Service-oriented and clerical support occupations could account for 52 percent of women’s job losses, but machine operation and craftwork occupations could account for 40 percent of men’s losses. The good news is that women are well represented in the fasted-growing sector, which is healthcare. This sector could account for 25 percent of potential jobs gained for women, while manufacturing could account for 25 percent of jobs gained for men.

Worldwide, 40 million to 160 million women—7 to 24 percent of those currently employed—may need to transition across occupations (the wide range reflects different paces of technology). For men, the range is comparable at 8 to 28 percent. If women take advantage of transition opportunities, they could maintain their current share of employment; if they cannot, gender inequality in work could worsen.

To make these transitions, women will need new skills. In mature economies, only jobs requiring a college or advanced degree may experience net growth in demand. In emerging economies, the many women working in subsistence agriculture with little education may have difficulty securing work in other sectors. Even women remaining in their current jobs will need to refresh their skills; they could be more prone than men to partial automation of their jobs and will need to learn to work alongside automated systems.

More women work in lower-paid occupations than men. In mature economies, demand for high-wage labour is expected to grow, while demand for medium- and low-wage labour will shrink. Many emerging economies could experience stronger growth in demand for higher‑wage jobs. Enabling women to move up the skills ladder could prepare them for higher-paying jobs and more economic opportunity. However, a potential glut of workers in lower-wage jobs, including men displaced from manufacturing, could put lower pressure on wages.

Women are stronger than men

I thought I would pass this on, it was posted by my cousin and it was written in Romanian by Alexander Chermeleu.  Any words I have added if any are in italics. 

I am a man, but I am not ashamed to say it: Women are stronger than men. Sometimes you stay stupid when you see how much a woman can take. Weeks, months and years, good years in which many men would capitulate before the weather. 

Women are strong. Damn strong. We don't talk about those "Divas" that spend half their lives in clubs/restaurants or through foreign countries in search of sponsor or live their lives to the fullest. We talk about real women, those women who are like a lion's heart. Or like a Shiatzu, you see attacking the Pitbull’s throat. No matter what the Shiatzu is 5 times smaller than he is and that the Pitbull may be 5 times stronger than him the Shiatzu still defends. Women are strong in the morning, at noon and they are strong during the week but also on the weekend. When they are worshiped but also when they are not.

Women are strong when they make go to the market alone and when they wipe their tears, all alone. They are strong when the man in their lives forgot to be a man. When they change their role but don't forget their family. When they go to work and after a rough day of running or squeezing and grinding your brains in an office stained by the ego of a lecherous boss, they still find their power to wash the dishes, do a load of wash and stretch a warm meal.

I have not forgotten the women who have children. While she does homework with them, he's with friends drinking. While she makes their backpack, he now starts his training at the gym. When she wakes up at 4 am, in her thought, there was only one song: “Sleep costica, sleep! Asleep I got you, asleep I'll find you!". 

So much for Atlas and Hercules. Newer Xena makes them all seem weak. Women are much stronger than men Very rarely you will see women who will "shoot" weights at the gym. But there are a lot of women who "shoot" after the children, home, table, expenses and lead in the back infinitely more. Real weights don't stand on a stand. Real weights are daily ones. That's being strong That means being... Woman!

I admire the sentiment Axlendar has and to make his thoughts more accurate, I am including his original thoughts below and those of you who read Romanian can see how good or bad the translation above is.

Sunt bărbat, însă nu mi-e rușine sa o spun: Femeile sunt mai puternice decât bărbații. Uneori, rămâi tâmpit atunci când vezi cât de mult poate duce o femeie. Saptamâni, luni si ani. Ani buni in care mulți bărbați ar capitula înainte de vreme. 😊 Femeile sunt puternice. Al naibii de puternice. Nu vorbim de acele "dive" care isi petrec jumătate din viata în cluburi/restaurante sau prin tari străine în căutare de sponsor sau sa își "trăiască viata la maxim " . Vorbim de femeile adevărate.. Acele femei sunt precum niște furnicuțe cu inima de leu. Sau ca un Shitzu pe care il vezi ca sare la beregata unui Pitbull. Nu contează ca e de 5 ori mai mare si mai puternic decât el. 😊 Sunt puternice dimineața, la prânz si seara. Sunt puternice in timpul săptămânii dar si in Weekend. Atunci când sunt adorate dar si atunci când sunt mințite, nonșalant.
Sunt puternice atunci când fac piața singure si atunci când își șterg lacrimile, tot singure. Sunt puternice atunci când bărbatul din viața lor a uitat sa mai fie … Bărbat. Atunci când își schimba rolul dar nu il uita pe al lor. Atunci când se duc la serviciu cu noaptea in cap, cu sfințenie si când se întorc, dărâmate, acasă. Când după o zi cruntă de alergat sau de stors si măcinat creierii într-un birou pătat de egoul unui șef libidinos, încă își mai găsesc puterea sa spele vasele, sa pună o rufa la spălat si sa intinda o masă caldă.
Să nu mai vorbim de cele care au si copii. In timp ce ea face temele cu ei, el e cu prietenii la băute. In timp ce ea le face ghiozdanul, el acum își începe antrenamentul la sală. Când ea se trezește la 4 dimineața, Costică se întoarce pe partea cealaltă. In gândul ei, nu răsuna decât o singura melodie: „Dormi Costică, dormi! Adormit te-am luat, adormit te voi găsi!”. 😊

S-a cam terminat cu Atlas si cu Hercules. Mai nou, Xena le face pe toate.

Femeile sunt mult mai puternice decât bărbații. Foarte rar veți vedea femei care vor „trage” la sala greutăți după ele si vor împinge la piept cu 150 de kilograme. Însă exista o mulțime de femei care „trag” după ele copii, casă, masă, cheltuieli și duc in spate infinit mai mult. Adevăratele greutăți nu stau pe un stativ. Adevăratele greutăți sunt cele de zi cu zi. Asta înseamnă sa fii puternic.
Asta înseamnă sa fii … Femeie! (Alexandru Chermeleu)

Men Are Just Happier People

NICKNAMES

·        If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah.

·        If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bonehead and  Gopher  Man.

EATING OUT

·        When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50.  None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.

·        When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

MONEY

·        A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.

·        A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

BATHROOMS

·        A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.

·        The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337.  A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS

·        A woman has the last word in any argument.

·        Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE

·        A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

·        A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

SUCCESS

·        A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.

·        A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

MARRIAGE

·        A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.

·        A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

DRESSING UP

·        A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.

·        A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

NATURAL

·        Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.

·        Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

OFFSPRING

·        Ah, children.  A woman knows all about her children.  She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.

·        A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

A married man should forget his mistakes.  There's no use in two people remembering the same thing!

SO, send this to the women who have a sense of humor and who can handle it .... And to the men who will enjoy reading it