Yeah, there is, so suck it up.
Opinions like that of Cornelia Tsakiridou, a professor of art, culture and ideology at La Salle University, are annoying because of their shortsightedness.
She says, "Human beings exist in relationships, not in categories. We therefore do not need a Women's History Month or a Men's History Month or anything of the kind. We need a History Month or a Human Rights Month where we address issues that affect all human beings independently of gender, race, etc."
I couldn't disagree more. The last I checked, this is still a man's world, with women earning on average 75 cents for every dollar that a man makes.
This makes no sense considering how women are outpacing men in educational gains.
While I'm on this topic, may I get a high five for girl power?
And another one for the Obama administration for being the first since John F. Kennedy was in office to take a hard look at how American women have been faring.
Eleanor Roosevelt was in charge of that study way back when, which is another reason to shake your head in amazement.
A new study, called "Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-being," describes, among other things, not only how female college students have achieved parity with males but also how younger women now are more likely to have an undergraduate or graduate degree than their male counterparts.
At the same time, though, women continue to be more likely to wind up in poverty.
In 2009 roughly 11 percent of women age 65 or over were poor, compared with 7 percent of men.
Even though we're more likely to be impoverished, we also volunteer more and live longer.
