{"id":21019,"date":"2021-05-13T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=21019"},"modified":"2021-05-13T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:31:31","slug":"lets-talk-2-0-the-importance-of-post-secondary-in-female-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2021\/05\/13\/lets-talk-2-0-the-importance-of-post-secondary-in-female-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s Talk 2.0<\/em>: The importance of post-secondary in female leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I went through old yearbooks recently, I was wondering how much my female teachers have shaped my views of leadership. They always were strong women who showed extraordinary leadership, and they were also very heartfelt and empathetic. I wish I could ask my former male classmates if they felt the same. If they cared. If it mattered to them.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m wondering if a male student cares if he\u2019s learning from a female or male instructor. Interestingly, I do care. I choose courses taught by female instructors. And this is not about neglecting great male instructors\u2014I know that there are amazing ones out there. But I like the idea that females are even in the position of teaching, that they are in a role where they can make a difference to society. It was unachievable for many for a long time, and not because they weren\u2019t smart women; it was just because they were women.<\/p>\n

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Let’s Talk 2.0<\/em> is a column exploring feminist issues (graphic by Celina Lessard\/Nexus<\/em>).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Looking at other professions, there still is a lack of female leadership. Looking at politics, only a few females make it higher up on the list.<\/p>\n

Are we still afraid of a female leader as a society? When I look at the news and see what is happening in Myanmar, I wonder why the democracy under female leadership wasn\u2019t accepted.<\/p>\n

I wonder if it\u2019s really so hard to endure seeing a female succeed in things others have failed at. I wonder why there aren\u2019t more females elected for top leadership positions.<\/p>\n

Maybe not as many females really care as much about getting in these leadership postitions. Indeed, when I want to talk about politics or about change, it\u2019s mostly my male friends I talk to; it seems my female friends are not really interested in changing things. But here\u2019s why: most of them haven\u2019t gone to post-secondary. They were raised by old-fashioned parents, and their main goal is to have a family, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that. But if higher education is the key to female leadership, it\u2019s going to be hard to make change, as it\u2019s difficult to get people interested in higher education when they\u2019ve been raised with the main goal of having a family.<\/p>\n

We shouldn\u2019t have to choose: although it\u2019s not easy, we can decide to have children and be a bad-ass science student as well.<\/p>\n

So, it\u2019s not just a matter of needing higher education\u2014we also need a society which creates a support system for those who strive to have it all. Free childcare, online learning options, cross-generation care programs\u2014let\u2019s bring seniors together with young children so both are entertained while mothers can enjoy furthering their education. All generations could gain something out of that.<\/p>\n

We need to start now and think proactively of solutions rather than just carrying on with what doesn\u2019t seem to be working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I went through old yearbooks recently, I was wondering how much my female teachers have shaped my views of leadership. They always were strong women who showed extraordinary leadership, and they were also very heartfelt and empathetic. I wish I could ask my former male classmates if they felt the same. If they cared. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-columns","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21035,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21019\/revisions\/21035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}