How did it come to this?

I had a flash of inspiration last night, in the depths of despair that I know so well: that school doesn't teach us what we need for life - to succeed, to survive with dignity. It doesn't teach us how to get a job, how to keep a job, what to do when the job ends (redundancy, end of contract, no more funding). It doesn't teach us how to be financially secure, how to plan for financial security for 5 years, twenty years, fifty years. It doesn't teach us how to support ourselves, or how to support dependents - out of work spouse or children.

It doesn't teach us how to be equal, women to men, men to women. Some (many?) women are still taught subliminally (or explicitly?) that it's a sustainable and expectable path to get married, have children (or not) and be supported by a man. But the days when men were paid a salary that supported a whole family for life, are for many long-gone, and for those that remain, dwindling. The women who think, subliminally, that their income is less important because the man will be the bread winner, are ill-equipped with skills, values and understanding of how to really be equal. This in itself creates inequality.
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Notice me: I've got a PhD!

Testosterone rules....