Does society in general place less value on women’s work?

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The discussion around my post a few days ago brought this up. Does society in general – both men and women – place less value on work done by women, no matter what it is? Yes I know that traditionally, managing a home and bringing up children – work generally done by women - was considered unimportant, although it could be argued that these occupations form the basis of society without which everything else would fall apart (but that’s a topic for another post). What I’m talking about now, is when women take on ‘prestigious’ jobs – do those occupations then lose their prestige? For example, jobs such as teacher, lawyer, doctor, bank manager – in times past the men who held these posts were respected and regarded as pillars of the community. Now that women are taking on these roles in increasing numbers, has the high regard in which these occupations were held, faded away? All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2018.