I think its a trend for sure: more women in the professions, management, and politics. (Our current provincial premier -- sorta like governor, dudes -- is a female and gay to boot.)

My personal observation of working women was in large life insurance companies. When I first starting working summer jobs in one, many, many years ago, women managers were about as rare a hens' teeth; today they are possibly the majority up to the middle management level at least.

I think women -- on average -- have certain qualities vs. men that are advantageous in these large bureaucratic or quasi-bureaucratic organizations. I won't speculate whether this is genetic or cultural. In any case I think women are more cooperative, more perseverent, more patient, more meticulous, more conflict averse, and less competitive in a counter-productive way, than men.

I'd say there are still fewer women in top management but this will change. Or at least that's my guess: some might say that men are more creative and/or risk-tolerant but that's probably just residual male chauvinism.