The Digital Age, with its internet and all that, is leaving them out in the cold. Consider the following statistics. The British suicide rate for males aged between 15-24 rose by 85 percent between 1980 and 1990. In Ireland, since 1990 the increase in the rate of suicide of men between the ages of 15 and 34 was over 300 percent. Averaged across all age groups, Australian males kill themselves at four times the rate of women.
Men still dominate politics and business.
Perhaps this is best illustrated by the appointment of Carly Fiorina to head Hewlett-Packard. She is the first woman to head up a leading Dow Jones industrial firm. Women hold just 7 per cent of senior positions in Fortune 500 tech companies, compared to 11.2 per cent for the Fortune 500 overall. The article was reviewing a book on Microsoft. It's central theme was that, yes, Microsoft is a ruthless organisation, but it is no more ruthless than any of its competitors.