Good example of women empowered

ARTICLE: A Quiet Revolution in Algeria: Gains by Women, By MICHAEL SLACKMAN, New York Times, May 26, 2007

A staple of my presentation is that globalization, with its gender-neutral nets, empowers women disproportionately to men in a traditional society, which I describe as essentially involving male control over females in all important aspects of life.

This story is a good example of that process.

Thanks to Eric Osmer for sending this.

Comments

[Bill C.]

I have suggested that the relationship between the Core and the Gap has been similar to that noted between men and women in certain traditional societies, to wit: the Core (master) treats the Gap (slave) as property -- controlling virtually all aspects of the Gap's existence.

If globalization tends to empower women at the expense of men (in certain traditional societies), will it (globalization) also tend to empower the Gap at the expense of the Core?

Could this transfer-of-power aspect of globalization be described as: The Rise of the New Core?