Women Networking for Women

Let's face it, the good ol' boys know how to network for business, but women sadly don't have such an efficient resource. We're stuck trying to take care of other people's needs until we divorce, someone dies, and then maybe we're left unable to enter the workforce with any reasonable skills and knowing no one in business. What are we to do?

I say we must start networking amongst ourselves. That's right. Women networking for women...not men. If you hear of a job opening, or are in charge of hiring, why not hire a woman? Men choose men over women all the time in business! How are we going to change the corporate structure to be more women-friendly unless more women are sitting on those boards? How are they going to get there? Someone has to hire them and someone has to promote them.

Some more progressive places than the United States have already set up quotas based on gender. Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark all have tried this with astonishing success. Take a look at how board quotas shake up the sexual status quo.

But, then, some of these places also have free health care for their citizenry, something the United States has failed to implement despite numerous politician's sounding the "family values" trumpet. We need change in this country and we need it on the issues that are close to women's hearts: family, health, community, and support.