I found this video on the MSNB News, and watching it made me think twice about the wage gap, the glass ceiling, and the other concepts we discussed in our Women Studies Calss.

The media puts our the idea that we have come so far from the 1950's, but really, we should ask ourselves the question, How far have we really come? When watching this show, we like to think that we have moved extremely far from the days of June Cleaver, when it comes to the Women's Movement, with the right to vote, and equal opportunity in the workplace. Yet, the idea of the female breadwinner or breadwinning wife still scares many of us. Even other women. Why?
These "alpha women" being interviewed on the show, speak abou the problems of essentially being the main source of income in the family household. Because men are socialized for the most part in our society, that being a "real man" means bring home the bacon, this also brings to light the role of the crisis of masculinity in our society (but that can be dicussed in a later blog), and how it has shaped our ideologies, from the household to the workplace. Men amy have a problem with the women making more, strictly due to the ideologies that have developed in our society.
If being the "alpha woman" means giving up other "important" aspects of life, what can young girls use as a model that can be seen as parallel to living the typical American Dream. Maybe the idea or the typical standards of the American Dream, needs to broaden, but its hasn't really changed at all. How can being the "alpha woman" be seen as a good and okay persona to take on, by youg women in our society? Generally speaking young girls still have the tendency to seek safety and security in a man, instead of looking for it in the opportunity for success in the workplace. We still strive for that white picket fence of the typical American Middle Class Dream, so again, How far have we really come?