Who Cares...?

Usually it is women who for one reason or another end up with the care for young and old - be it in remunerated positions such as schools, childcare facilities and nursing homes or sadly underpaid (...) at home.

Given that a high percentage of any given population is either quite young or old, one would think that that type of work is regarded a) highly and 2) well paid in order to recruit enough qualified personnel…

The fact, however, is that it is neither. 

Societies generally reward people who work on technology higher than those working with people, disregarding the fact that both may be equally talented and able - just in different areas. 

Why is it that societies value work with objects more than work with people.  It is somewhat of a male domaine, so that may explain it.  Mostly anything men are good at and therefore like to do from running after a ball to reducing the world to a 2D screen - tends to get more attention (and pay) than what women do (so they often try to copy the guys for a share of the pie).

In my years as a mother, raising children of both sexes, and observing both, girls and boys, in their daily interaction, I often wondered how boys - being less verbally gifted and often struck with significant problems adapting to social situations in addition to obvious lacks in attention and concentration - continue to set social agendas.

What makes them so convincing…???