Rare is the man who squawks about visiting a woman doctor, hiring a female attorney, or voting for a woman legislator.
Some men even pride themselves in being househusbands.
Certainly, women fare far better in the states than overseas, especially when it comes to having a voice in legislation. Although women have been slipping into the U.S. Congress and state legislatures, the world scenario isn't as promising. Women hold merely 10 percent of parliament positions worldwide, Gertrude Mongella pointed out a little more than a year ago when she served as Secretary General of the Fourth World Conference on Women. Plus, that 10 percent figure also reveals a drop from 1987 stats, according to the Interparliamentary Union. Gender Discrimination One woman attorney who finished at the top of her class five years ago expressed the cynicism of one suffering with dashed visions.