Women are Better Economizers but more men are Economists
An article in the local papers last Sunday had me doing a little thinking about the idea of gender roles in economics. The vast majority of theorists and ideologist within the field of economics are male and rightfully so to the fact of how old the discipline is, with a male dominated past. However in recent years many females have reach the zenith of their careers in economics and play a major role in defining and shaping the face of modern economic theory.
Lets discuss are women better are economizing than men are?
The traditional gender role of women being in the home , has definitely allowed for women to have the experience of rationing or economizing the family's resources that the man would normally bring home. Today with many women going out to work they still have to juggle the roles of worker and home maker but the role has changed titles to home manager. I am however surprised that in the classroom only a few brilliant females make it through the male dominated pools. So more men are economists and more females are home mangers, I see absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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Just because women are put into the role of an allocator of resources at home does not make them any more or less capable of making efficient decisions. They are able to practice what economists theorize more often as a housewife, but doesn't everyone have to make efficient choices in their lives regardless of their roles? People who forego ethics for rationality are the most economizing, and since women must care about their family members to make decisions I doubt women as the tender of the home, have any significant advantage over men in their allocation of scarce resources
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