Granny of the Future

Hmm.. why am I still surprised about things like that:

"30 percent
of Chinese women surveyed in 1990 thought that men were born to be more important than women. 33 percent thought that women should hold themselves back so that they would not be more successful than their husbands."
(pobronson.com)

I don't want to start a big discussion about this topic now. However, I was doing some survey on demographic changes and family/gender roles. Fascinating to me is, that it seems that the older generation of 56+, especially divorced or widowed female elderly (esp. within western cultures), live a very independent life, become very active in social and caring activities and are very proactive about their own health. Trends show that the Granny of the Future will live even more independently, practising so called LAT partnerships (living apart but together) and spends much of her time with friends around her age and communicates with her grandchildren using skype or video games...
I guess my generation, especially females, should learn a lesson from our Grannies to become once at least as great and independent as they already are.