As a result, they are willing to undergo extensive plastic surgery and virtually starve themselves to death to achieve the outward appearance they think will appeal to prospective employers and suitors. To assert their independence and to prove that they can be highly successful and competitive, many women are starting their own businesses. In Korea, venture start-ups by women rose by a whopping 76 percent in 1999. In the same year the International Labor Organization reported that women ran 38 percent of all U.S. firms. Career women are opting to marry later and are highly selective in their choice of mates.
Love is no longer enough.
They want intelligent men who are also supportive of their careers and goals and willing to share all facets of togetherness from doing laundry to grocery shopping to child rearing. A number of women are making the choice to marry, but to bear no children, while others are opting to remain single. Women in all sectors of business and society are becoming increasingly proactive in demanding equal treatment, though not all approach it in the same way. A medical clinic in a small Ohio city had six male physicians and one female physician. As a community service, the partners often allowed small groups of professional people to use their conference room for meetings.