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Considering the VAST majority of people in power are White males (CEOs, business leaders, politicians, etc.) your post makes zero sense. [/quote]

That's changing rapidly. People in power tend to be older (takes a while to build experience) and they are retiring and other peopel are filling their roles.

Look at MCPS:
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/opinion/opinion-its-time-to-honor-heroic-efforts-to-educate-students-during-a-pandemic-year/

Board of Ed: 100% female
Union Presidents: 100% female
Teachers: 80% female
Principals: 66% female
Support workers: 66% female

Everyone position from the very top on down to the very bottom is majority female.[/quote]

Are you being purposely obtuse? Women have always been in teaching. When we talk about in power let’s talk about Fortune 500.

Stats as of 6/21 - With 41 women on the Fortune 500 list, women leaders hold just 8.1% of Fortune 500 CEO spots.[/quote]

Fortune 500 CEOs tend to be old because of the experience needed. They went to college back when colleges were indeed male-dominated. That's rapidly changing at those people retire and die off.

Look at small businesses, 39% of all privately-held businesses are women-owned:
https://www.nawbo.org/resources/women-business-owner-statistics
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Soooo interesting that you quote an increase in women small business owners… Guess why? Because they made their businesses a success by themselves - they didn’t have to climb a corporate ladder that has traditionally held them back. There are plenty of CEOs/CFOs that are in their late 40s/early fifties (my age) when women were going to college in equal numbers to men. And no, that’s not “rapidly changing” - women represent less than 10% of the Fortune 500 CEOs.   
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